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The Normative Power of the EU and China

Interests Drives Norms

  • 2025
  • Buch
Verfasst von
Zhongzhou Peng
Buchreihe
The European Union in International Affairs
Verlag
Springer Nature Switzerland
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Springer Professional "Wirtschaft+Technik"
Springer Professional "Wirtschaft"
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"Die normative Macht der EU und Chinas: Interests Drive Norms ist ein entscheidender Beitrag zur Wissenschaft über Global Governance. Sie seziert geschickt, wie sowohl die EU als auch China die Verbreitung von Normen nicht als idealistische Projekte, sondern als interessengeleitete Strategien verfolgen. Das Buch bietet ein dringend notwendiges Korrektiv zu allzu simplifizierenden Konzepten von "normativer Macht" ". - Richard G. Whitman, Professor an der School of Economics, Politics and International Relations, University of Kent, UK "Zhongzhou Peng hat kürzlich eine sehr willkommene Ergänzung der Literatur zum normativen Machtansatz verfasst. Sein ausgewogenes Buch versucht zu verstehen, wie die normative Macht Chinas im Vergleich zur EU in der globalen Governance aussieht. Die Analyse vergleicht und vergleicht die EU und China, um eine interessante neue Sicht darauf zu bieten, wie die direkte Diffusion von unterschiedlichen Interessen und nicht von normativen Bedenken angetrieben wird ". Dieses Buch untersucht systematisch, wie die EU und China ihre normative Macht in der Global Governance ausüben und wie sie in der Asiatischen Infrastruktur-Investitionsbank, im Pariser Abkommen und im Menschenrechtsrat der Vereinten Nationen miteinander interagieren. Sie zeigt, dass die Interessen der EU und Chinas einen vorherrschenden Faktor darstellen, der ihre Normenauslegung, Normendiffusion und die Ergebnisse der Normendiffusion bestimmt. Das Buch argumentiert, dass internationale Normen ein Abkommen darstellen, das die Interessen von Akteuren erfüllt, die normative Macht in internationalen Institutionen ausüben. Diese Ergebnisse leisten wichtige theoretische und empirische Beiträge zur Literatur über normative Macht, die Beziehungen zwischen der EU und China und die globale Governance.
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Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontmatter
Chapter 1. Introduction
Abstract
The geopolitical turn of the EU and the growing influence of China in global governance make it imperative to examine China’s normative power and compare it with that of the EU, especially in multilateral institutions. This chapter reconceptualises normative power and sets up the analytical framework of the book which contains norms, norm diffusion mechanisms, and outcomes of norm diffusion. It also posits that this book is centred on the analysis of how interests drive the practice of normative power through shaping these three components.
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Chapter 2. The Normative Power of the EU
Abstract
This chapter utilises the analytical framework set out in Chap. 1 to examine the normative power of the EU. Through an application of the analytical framework of this book on the EU, this chapter demonstrates that the EU’s normative power can be assessed through an examination of three components: norms, diffusion mechanisms and outcomes. It also suggests that the Union’s interpretations of its norms are considerably driven by the interests the EU seeks to fulfil through the promotion of these norms. Moreover, the political, economic and security interests of the Union and its Member States drive the EU’s approaches to development assistance policy and human rights dialogues with China. Therefore, interests constitute a predominant driver of the EU’s exercise of normative power.
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Chapter 3. The Normative Power of China
Abstract
This chapter utilises the analytical framework in Chap. 1 to examine the three components of normative power in Chinese foreign policy: norms, diffusion mechanisms, and outcomes. It contends that China’s normative power brings to the fore an alternative set of standards of global governance to those promoted by the EU. Therefore, this chapter contributes to the normative power literature with a systematic assessment of China’s normative power in terms of its norms, diffusion mechanisms and outcomes.
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Chapter 4. The EU, China and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: Norm Divergence and Compromise in International Financial Governance
Abstract
This chapter is the first of the three case study chapters that examine and compare the normative power of the EU and China in multilateral institutions, an issue that is essential to the scholarly understanding of norm structures in global governance. It argues that interests constitute the predominant driver of the norm divergence and compromise between the EU and China in the AIIB. The EU and China promote different hierarchies of norms during the negotiation of the AIIB. Still, driven by their overlapping interests in enhancing the global profile of the Bank, the EU and China made compromises on the norms of the Bank. Consequently, the AIIB incorporates both the norms of the EU and those of China. This shows that the norms of multilateral institutions are essentially an outcome of the politics among actors that exercise normative power.
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Chapter 5. The EU, China and the Paris Agreement: Norm Divergence and Compromise in International Climate Change Governance
Abstract
This chapter examines and compares the normative power of the EU and that of China in the Paris Agreement (PA). The PA was negotiated during the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP 21) in 2015 and was described by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as the first agreement that “brings all nations into a common cause to undertake ambitious efforts to combat climate change and adapt to its effects” (UNFCCC, 2019). This chapter illustrates the EU’s and China’s different norms in three areas in the negotiation of the PA: differentiation, mitigation and transparency. It also demonstrates the similarities between the diffusion mechanisms adopted by the EU and China. The codification of the norms of the EU and China in the PA shows that they jointly shape the global climate change governance structure through their exercise of normative power. Similar to last chapter, the EU and China are both the norm maker and the norm taker in the PA. This further indicates that when there are multiple actors exercising normative power in multilateral settings, the process of norm diffusion can work both ways as actors need to adapt their normative positions to build coalitions.
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Chapter 6. The EU and China in the United Nations Human Rights Council: Politicalised Normative Power
Abstract
This chapter, as the third case study of this book, examines the EU’s and China’s practices of normative power in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) This chapter illustrates that when political interests are at odds with their approach to human rights norms, both actors tend to adapt their norm interpretations to fulfil their political agenda. In terms of norm diffusion, in UNHRC the EU and China substantially rely on coalition building to advance their norms in the institution. These coalition building practices are almost solely driven by political interests, thus are more rigid than in the case of the Paris Agreement. As a result, the divergence between the EU and China in the Council has been expanding, as reflected in their votes of UNHRC resolutions. In some resolutions that allow a broad interpretation of certain human rights norms, the EU and China can reach compromise. This chapter highlights the significantly politicised approach in the EU’s and China’s practices of normative power. It adds another piece to the book’s central argument that normative power and state politics are closely connected in global governance bodies.
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Chapter 7. Conclusion: Norms Driven by Interests
Abstract
This chapter summarises the findings of previous chapters by demonstrating the centrality of interests in norms, norm diffusion approaches, and outcomes of norm diffusion. It shows that an actor’s practice of normative power is essentially driven by its interests. With multiple actors seeking to diffuse their norms in international institutions, international norms are a product of the bargaining and compromise among actors. And the global normative structures are indeed a manifestation of the politics among international actors. It concludes that in the return of geopolitics, the adoption of a politics-centred approach can be the pathway to a more comprehensive understanding of normative power and the global governance structure.
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Backmatter
Titel
The Normative Power of the EU and China
Verfasst von
Zhongzhou Peng
Copyright-Jahr
2025
Electronic ISBN
978-3-032-00606-6
Print ISBN
978-3-032-00605-9
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-00606-6

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