{"product_id":"9783032006059","title":"The European Union in International Affairs: Interests Drives Norms","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe European Union in International Affairs\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eInterests Drives Norms\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContributors:\u003c\/strong\u003e Peng, Zhongzhou\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"x_x_xxmsonormal\"\u003e\u003cspan data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\"\u003e\"The Normative Power of the EU and China: Interests Drive Norms is a vital contribution to the scholarship on global governance. It deftly dissects how both the EU and China pursue norm diffusion not as idealistic projects but as interest-driven strategies. The book provides a much-needed corrective to overly simplistic conceptions of 'normative power'.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_x_xxmsonormal\"\u003e—Richard G. Whitman, Professor, School of Economics, Politics and International Relations, University of Kent, UK\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_x_xxmsonormal\"\u003e\"Zhongzhou Peng has written a very welcome recent addition to the normative power approach literature. His balanced book seeks to understand how the normative power of China compares with the EU in global governance. The analysis compares and contrasts the EU and China to provide an interesting new take on how direct diffusion is driven by different interests rather than normative concerns.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_x_xxmsonormal\"\u003e—Ian Manners, Professor, Department of Political Science, Lund University, Sweden\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"x_x_xxmsonormal\"\u003eThis book systematically examines how the EU and China exercise their normative power in global governance, and how they interact with each other in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, the Paris Agreement, and the United Nations Human Rights Council. It demonstrates that the interests of the EU and China constitute a predominant factor that shapes their norm interpretation, norm diffusion, and outcomes of norm diffusion. The book makes the case that international norms represent a deal that fulfils the interests of actors that exercise normative power in international institutions. These findings make important theoretical and empirical contributions to the literature on normative power, EU-China relationship, and global governance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBook Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2025-10-02\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9783032006059\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 202\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44309483847820,"sku":"9783032006059","price":125.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783032006059.jpg?v=1768930486","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783032006059","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}