Perceptions of the EU in Eastern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa: Looking in from the Outside(Europe in a Global Context)

This collection examines how the EU is seen in the two regions that are at the centre of its geopolitical interest. Focusing on Eastern Europe and sub-Saharan Africa, it provides a critical assessment of how their external perceptions relate to EU policy towards them.

Table of Contents:
Introduction: Global Europa? How, When and to Whom? PART I: EU IN CRISIS: EXTERNAL RELATIONS AND EXTERNAL PERCEPTIONS 1. Studying External Perceptions of the EU: Conceptual and Methodological Approaches 2. Crafting Europe for its Neighbourhood: Practical Geopolitics in European Institutions 3. A Fading Presence? The EU and Africa in an Era of Global Rebalancing PART II: PERCEPTIONS OF THE EU AND ITS CRISIS: SELF-PERCEPTIONS AND EXTERNAL PERCEPTIONS FROM GEORGIA, UKRAINE, KENYA AND SENEGAL 4. European Self-Perceptions: The EU's Geopolitical Identity and Role in Official Documents and Speeches 5. Popular and Elite Perceptions of the EU in Georgia 6. United in Disagreement: Perceptions of the EU in Ukraine 7. Kenya-EU relations: Perspectives and Expectations 8. Deconstructing the Myth of African-European 'Partnership' from a Senegalese Viewpoint Conclusion: Looking from the Outside In ? Looking from the Inside Out

About the Author :
Nannette Abrahams, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany Veit Bachmann, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany Ketevan Bolkvadze, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Natalia Chaban, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Ole Elgström, Lund University, Sweden Patrick Holden, Plymouth University, United Kingdom Anita Kiamba, University of Nairobi, Kenya Merje Kuus, University of British Columbia, Canada Martin Müller, Universität Zürich, Switzerland Rachel Naylor, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany Ievgenii Rovnyi, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany Aly Tandian, Université Gaston Berger, Senegal Christiane Tristl, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany Thomas Warren, Plymouth University, United Kingdom Diana Zubko, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine

Review :
“It should be required reading for those working in European Studies, experts in the areas of Eastern Europe and sub-Saharan Africa, certainly interesting to geographers, political scientists, media and cultural studies scholars, researchers in international relations, politicians and practitioners, and anyone with a specific interest in Ukraine, Georgia, Kenya, Senegal and their places in the current European crises.” (Roman Horbyk, Europe-Asia Studies, Vol. 68 (8), 2016)