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Theorizing the European Union’s Global Authority: An Alternative Trichotomy

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This chapter is a theoretical attempt to study the multifaceted authority of the European Union (EU) in world politics. Authority is legitimated power. Without legitimacy, power often faces severe resistance whereas legitimate actions and actorness imply less opposition if not widespread support. Informed by the thesis of Steven Lukes on three-dimensional power and Mark Suchman’s trichotomy of legitimacy, this chapter advances three dimensions of the EU’s authority in the world and discusses how the EU could maintain and/or restore its legitimacy in the global arena.

Buhari Gulmez, Didem. Ph.D. in Politics and International Relations/University of London; MSc by Research in Politics/University of Edinburgh; DES in International Relations/Paris Institute of Strategic and International Relations (IRIS SUP). Her research interests include international legitimacy, European Union, World Polity, and systemic theories in international relations. She has published in the Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, and International Political Sociology amongst others.

Gulmez, Seckin Baris. Ph.D. candidate in Politics and International Relations/University of London; MSc in Politics and International Relations/University of London; MSc in International Relations/Middle East Technical University; Post Graduate Certificate in Contemporary European Studies at University of Birmingham. He studies eurocepticism in political parties of accession countries with a particular focus on Turkey. His publications appeared in several journals including Turkish Studies and Acta Politica.

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    Didem Buhari Gulmez & Seckin Baris Gulmez

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Gulmez, D.B., Gulmez, S.B. (2013). Theorizing the European Union’s Global Authority: An Alternative Trichotomy. In: Boening, A., Kremer, JF., van Loon, A. (eds) Global Power Europe - Vol. 1. Global Power Shift. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32412-3_7

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