The EU views itself as an important actor on the world stage, a perspective supported by the role it plays in global politics. This collection presents a true reflection of the EU as an international actor by exploring how it is viewed externally and the impact that events like the Eurozone debt crisis have had on external perceptions of the EU.

Autorentext
Ole Elgström, Lund University, Sweden Sonia Lucarelli, University of Bologna, Italy Clarisse Didelon-Loiseau, Le Havre University, France Claude Grasland, University Paris Diderot, France May-Britt U. Stumbaum, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany Jessica Bain, University of Leicester, UK Svetlana Beltyukova, University of Toledo, Ohio, USA Sharon Pardo, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), Israel Ketevan Bolkvadze, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Martin Müller University of Zurich, Switzerland Veit Bachmann, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany Christiane Timmerman, University of Antwerp, Belgium Helene Marie-Lou De Clerck University of Antwerp in Belgium Kenneth Hemmerechts, Free University of Brussels in Etterbeek (VUB), Belgium Roos Willems, University of Antwerp, Belgium

Inhalt
Introduction: The Evolution of EU Perceptions: From Single Studies to Systematic Research; Natalia Chaban and Martin Holland, PART I: GLOBAL VIEWS ON THE EU 1. Leader, Bridge-Builder or 'Hobbled Giant'? Perceptions of the EU in Climate Change Negotiations; Ole Elgström 2. The EU's Leadership in the Global Governance: Perceptions from the Others; Sonia Lucarelli 3. Internal and External Perceptions of Europe/EU in the World through Mental Maps; Clarisse Didelon-Loiseau and Claude Grasland PART II: EU EXTERNAL PERCEPTIONS IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC 4. Asian Views on Venus: Perceptions of the EU in Security Policy Fields; May-Britt U. Stumbaum 5. Framing the EU in a Time of Crisis: Media Reflections from EU 'Strategic' Partners in Asia-Pacific; Natalia Chaban and Jessica Bain 6. Rasch Analysis of the General Public Perceptions of the EU: A Case-Study of 10 Asia-Pacific Countries; Natalia Chaban and Svetlana Beltyukova PART III: IMAGES OF THE EU IN THE UNION'S NEIGHBOURHOOD 7. Views from the Neighbourhood: Israel; Sharon Pardo, 8. 'I am Georgian and therefore I am European': Comparing Elite and Public Perceptions of EUrope in Georgia 2003 2013; Ketevan Bolkvadze, Martin Müller, Veit Bachmann, 9. Imagining Europe from the Outside: The Role of Perceptions on Human rights in Europe in Migration Aspirations in Turkey, Morocco, Senegal and Ukraine; Christiane Timmerman, Helene Marie-Lou De Clerck, Kenneth Hemmerechts and Roos Willems, Conclusions: Perceptions, Prisms, Prospects; Martin Holland and Natalia Chaban