Perceptions of the EU in Eastern Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa

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

'A timely and welcome contribution to the analysis of the external image of the EU, [this book] includes largely unexplored country case-studies and sheds light on the EU's role in world politics.' - Sonia Lucarelli, University of Bologna, Italy 'A well balanced range of insights into the EU's external relations policy as seen from outside the EU. The book captures particularly well the challenges facing the EU in convincing states, regions and peoples outside its borders of the wisdom of engaging with EU policy objectives. A well researched and carefully constructed book that fills an important gap in the academic literature on EU foreign policy.' - Alun Jones, University College Dublin, Ireland

• 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