Regional actorness and interregional relations : ASEAN, the EU and Mercosur

dc.contributor.authorMattheis, Frank
dc.contributor.authorWunderlich, Uwe
dc.contributor.emailfrank.mattheis@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-05T09:11:26Z
dc.date.issued2017-06
dc.description.abstractThe European Union (EU) has a long tradition of interregional dialogue mechanisms with other regional organisations and is using these relations to project its own model of institutionalised actorness. This is partly motivated by the emerging actorness of the EU itself, which benefits from fostering capable regional counterparts in other parts of the world. This article advances the argument that actorness, which we conceptualise in terms of institutions, recognition and identity, is a relational concept, dependent on context and perception. Taking the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Common Market of the South (Mercosur) and their relations with the EU as case studies, this article demonstrates that the actorness capabilities of all three organisations have been enhanced as result of ASEAN-EU and Mercosur-EU relations. However, there are clear limits to the development of the three components of regional actorness and to the interregional relations themselves. While there is evidence of institutional enhancement in ASEAN and Mercosur, these formal changes have been grafted on top of firmly entrenched normative underpinnings. The formation of different identities and institutional capacities has narrowed the scope of EU interregionalism despite the initial success of improved regional actorness.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentPolitical Sciencesen_ZA
dc.description.embargo2018-12-02
dc.description.librarianhj2018en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipDeutscher Akademischer Austauschdiensten_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/loi/geui20en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationFrank Mattheis & Uwe Wunderlich (2017) Regional actorness and interregional relations: ASEAN, the EU and Mercosur, Journal of European Integration, 39:6, 723-738, DOI: 10.1080/07036337.2017.1333503.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0703-6337 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1477-2280 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1080/07036337.2017.1333503
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/64400
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_ZA
dc.rights© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an electronic version of an article published in Journal of European Integration, vol. 39, no. 6, pp. 723-738, 2017, doi : 10.1080/07036337.2017.1333503. Journal of European Integration is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/geui20.en_ZA
dc.subjectEuropean Union (EU)en_ZA
dc.subjectAssociation of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)en_ZA
dc.subjectCommon Market of the South (Mercosur)en_ZA
dc.subjectActornessen_ZA
dc.subjectInterregionalismen_ZA
dc.subjectRegional organisationsen_ZA
dc.titleRegional actorness and interregional relations : ASEAN, the EU and Mercosuren_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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