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Title

EU neighbourhood policy in the Maghreb : implementing the ENP in Tunisia and Morocco before and after the Arab uprisings / Iole Fontana.

Author

Fontana, Iole

Publication

• Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.
• ©2017

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Description

xv, 198 pages; 25 cm

Summary

In light of their geographical proximity and crucial strategic importance, the European Union (EU) has long identified cooperation with the countries of the Mediterranean region a central priority of its external relations and has developed a complex set of policies and instruments. Yet, there is a certain academic consensus that EU external policies in the area did not live up to their original expectations, insofar as little progress was made to accomplish the proclaimed goals while the implementation of structural reforms proved to be extremely problematic. These deficiencies in EU Mediterranean policies are symptomatic of what is a greater challenge in EU external policy-making: the struggle for implementation. This book analyses the implementation of the European Neighbourhood Policy in the Mediterranean, focusing on specific programs financed under the European Neighbourhood Policy Instrument in the years before and after the Arab uprisings. Building on a comparative analysis of two Maghreb countries, Tunisia and Morocco, it provides an in-depth investigation on the role of domestic actors in constraining or providing points of opportunity for the implementation of the ENP. The book presents new empirical data and, by focusing on the role of local actors in the neighbouring countries, it offers interesting insights not only into the ENPI complex processes of implementation, but also on the challenges of the E U in the region and the state of relations with the Southern neighbourhood. Through the prism of the European Neighbourhood Policy, the book provides a window into the internal politics and relevant issues of Maghreb countries. It will therefore be a valuable resource for students and scholars of European and Mediterranean Studies.

Series Statement

Routledge studies in Mediterranean politics ; 6

Subjects

• European Neighbourhood Policy (Program)
• Tunisia > Foreign relations > European Union countries
• Morocco > Foreign relations > European Union countries
• European Union countries > Foreign relations > Morocco
• European Union countries > Foreign relations > Tunisia

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The ENP : a brief overview of implementing instruments and documents -- Implementation gaps and variance in the neighbourhood : a research puzzle -- Minding the gap : existing literature on the ENP -- Objectives of the book -- Themes of the book : implementation of EU external policies and local actors in the Mediterranean neighbourhood -- Contribution to the field -- Structure of the book -- Explaining implementation in the neighbourhood : a governance approach -- Implementation theory and EU external policy making -- Implementation dynamics and external policies : in search of an analytical framework -- Implementation and domestic actors : looking for explanatory variables -- Hypotheses : when, how and why domestic actors influence ENP implementation -- Case selection : the ENP in Tunisia and Morocco -- Methodology -- Key findings -- The implementation of ENP programs in Morocco and Tunisia : the role of domestic political actors -- Tradition and state-penetrated pluralism : domestic political actors in Morocco -- The implementation of ENP programs in Morocco : the role of domestic political actors -- Exclusionary politics and myth of reformism : domestic political actors in Tunisia -- The implementation of ENP programs in Tunisia : the role of domestic political actors -- Preliminary comparative conclusions -- The Arab uprisings and domestic political actors : what impact on the implementation of the ENP? -- The effect of the Arab uprisings in Morocco : change or immunity? -- The implementation of ENP programs in Morocco after 2011 : the role of domestic political actors -- The jasmine revolution and the regime change in Tunisia -- The implementation of ENP programs in Tunisia after 2011 : the role of domestic political actors -- Preliminary comparative conclusions -- The implementation of ENP programs in Morocco and Tunisia : the role of administration and its capacity -- Bottlenecks and over-centralization : administration in Morocco -- The impact of the Arab uprisings on Morocco's administration and its capacity -- Moroccan administrative capacity and the implementation of ENP programs -- Strong bureaucracy and tight top-down management : administrative capacity in Tunisia -- The impact of the Arab uprisings on Tunisian administration and its capacity -- Tunisian administrative capacity and the implementation of ENP programs -- Preliminary comparative conclusions -- The role of civil society in Morocco and Tunisia : the implementation of the ENP -- Spaces of freedom and boundaries of co-optation : civil society in Morocco -- The implementation of the ENP in Morocco and the role of civil society before 2011 -- Tunisia : a stifled civil society between repression and legislative restrictions -- The implementation of the ENP in Tunisia and the role of civil society before the Arab uprisings -- The awakening of civil society and the implementation of the ENP after 2011.

Call Number

JFE 17-6662

ISBN

• 9781138237179
• 1138237175

LCCN

2016048296

OCLC

962234273

Author

Fontana, Iole, author.

Title

EU neighbourhood policy in the Maghreb : implementing the ENP in Tunisia and Morocco before and after the Arab uprisings / Iole Fontana.

Publisher

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.

Copyright Date

©2017

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Routledge studies in Mediterranean politics ; 6

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 17-6662