Silences and hierarchies in European Union Public Diplomacy
Abstract This article analyzes the effects of European Union Public Diplomacy (EUPD) discourses, drawing on poststructuralist approaches, which emphasize the productive dimension of discourse. We argue that EUPD helps reproduce a hierarchized identity of the EU, which authorizes particular courses o...
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| description | Abstract This article analyzes the effects of European Union Public Diplomacy (EUPD) discourses, drawing on poststructuralist approaches, which emphasize the productive dimension of discourse. We argue that EUPD helps reproduce a hierarchized identity of the EU, which authorizes particular courses of action while limiting others. Through an analysis of EUPD documents, we identify three descriptors - “EU as a zone of peace, prosperity and democracy”; “United in Diversity”; and “EU as a model” – which, together, form a meaningful narrative about EU’s identity, infused with moral superiority, and constitute a dominant discourse with political effects internally and externally. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-63970006f05f47b4b0579b6d90b272ba2022-12-21T22:37:36ZengInstituto Brasileiro de Relações InternacionaisRevista Brasileira de Política Internacional1983-31212018-11-0161110.1590/0034-7329201800111S0034-73292018000100210Silences and hierarchies in European Union Public DiplomacyPaula Orrico SandrinAndrea Ribeiro HoffmannAbstract This article analyzes the effects of European Union Public Diplomacy (EUPD) discourses, drawing on poststructuralist approaches, which emphasize the productive dimension of discourse. We argue that EUPD helps reproduce a hierarchized identity of the EU, which authorizes particular courses of action while limiting others. Through an analysis of EUPD documents, we identify three descriptors - “EU as a zone of peace, prosperity and democracy”; “United in Diversity”; and “EU as a model” – which, together, form a meaningful narrative about EU’s identity, infused with moral superiority, and constitute a dominant discourse with political effects internally and externally.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-73292018000100210&lng=en&tlng=enEuropean Union foreign policypublic diplomacyidentity discoursepoststructuralist discourse analysis |
| spellingShingle | Paula Orrico Sandrin Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann Silences and hierarchies in European Union Public Diplomacy Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional European Union foreign policy public diplomacy identity discourse poststructuralist discourse analysis |
| title | Silences and hierarchies in European Union Public Diplomacy |
| title_full | Silences and hierarchies in European Union Public Diplomacy |
| title_fullStr | Silences and hierarchies in European Union Public Diplomacy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Silences and hierarchies in European Union Public Diplomacy |
| title_short | Silences and hierarchies in European Union Public Diplomacy |
| title_sort | silences and hierarchies in european union public diplomacy |
| topic | European Union foreign policy public diplomacy identity discourse poststructuralist discourse analysis |
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