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The European Union Between Solidarist Change and Pluralist Re-Enactment

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International Organization in the Anarchical Society

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This chapter engages with the EU’s contribution to solidarist change in international society in two perspectives. The first part focuses on the internal dynamics of European integration, the second on the EU’s potential to induce external change in the global international society. The analyses provide two major findings: First, against the criticism that the EU would ultimately fail to pursue a transformative agenda, the EU indeed is a solidarising force in international society. Second, solidarising processes must take into account existing pluralist structures. Hence, any solidarist change does also require pluralist re-enactment to some extent.

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    HRC Decision S-4/101.

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    The records of the meeting can be found at the HRC Extranet; 4th regular session of the HRC, 16 March, 10th Meeting, Segment 4

    For a summary with shortened versions of some statements see http://www.responsibilitytoprotect.org/index.php/crises/37-the-crisis-in-darfur/944-human-rights-council-discusses-report-of-highlevel-mission-on-situation-of-human-rights-in-darfur

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    See, for example, the EU priorities for the 65th UN General Assembly (http://eu-un.europa.eu/articles/en/article_10094_en.htm)

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    http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/HRIndicators/MetadataStandingInvitations.pdf

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    All positions quoted in this section can be accessed via the HRC Extranet (http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/Pages/HRCRegistration.aspx) (Review Section).

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Ahrens, B. (2019). The European Union Between Solidarist Change and Pluralist Re-Enactment. In: Brems Knudsen, T., Navari, C. (eds) International Organization in the Anarchical Society. Palgrave Studies in International Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71622-0_11

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