Elites in European foreign policy-making: Consensus and competition

Christopher Hill

doi:10.1556/revsoc.14.2008.5

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Review of Sociology

Volume/Issue:: Volume 14: Issue 1

Elites in European foreign policy-making: Consensus and competition

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Christopher Hill

Christopher Hill University of Cambridge Centre of International Studies UK-CB2 1RX Cambridge 17 Mill Lane UK

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Pages:: 93–102

Online Publication Date:: 28 Jun 2008

Publication Date:: 01 Jun 2008

Article Category:: Journal Article

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1556/revsoc.14.2008.5

Keywords:: elite theory; European integration; recruitment; foreign policy making; consensus and competition

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Elite theory up to now has been largely neglected within foreign policy analysis. This paper attempts to apply the concepts of elite theory on European foreign policy-making. Its focus is on elite consensus and competition, not least because such cleavages are particularly evident in this arena, where Member States’ decision-makers compete with each other and with the various Brussels institutions, while at the same time speaking the language of cohesion and solidarity. Forms of significant scrutiny for common European diplomacy are less visible. There is a political and informational gap between the national parliamentary processes and the increasingly complex processes of foreign policy coordination. Thus when a crisis arises, national politics and institutions move into the vacant space.

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Review of Sociology

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Review of Sociology
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