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Title
Sustainable Hegemony: the EU's Economic Partnership Agreement with the Economic Community of West African States |
Full text
http://hdl.handle.net/1887/75036 |
Date
2019 |
Author(s)
Noun, Beatrice |
Contributor(s)
Van Kessel, Looi |
Abstract
Drawing upon Neo-Gramscian and Unequal Ecological Exchange theories, this thesis offers a new perspective on the political dynamics of the European Union's Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with Least Developed Countries. My research focuses on the EPA between the EU and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and seeks to unravel the discrepancy between the EU's pledges and the material outcomes of the trade agreement. It is argued that, on the one hand, the EPA tends to benefit the EU environmentally while contributing, on the other hand, to environmental degradation and underdevelopment in the West African region. This aspect of the agreement reinforces the EU's legitimacy as a political player internally and externally, which makes the EPA part of a European hegemonic project that perpetually sustains structural inequalities in today's global order. As this paper concludes, the EU's use of sustainable development as a concept and policy tool is therefore questioned, thereby subverting the effectiveness and legitimacy of its external actions. |
Language
en |
Type of publication
Bachelor thesis |
Repository
Leiden - University of Leiden
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