Europe, Diplomacy and Development: New Issues in EU Relations with Developing Countries

Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Glossary of Acronyms Introduction PART I: THE EUROPEAN UNION IN THE WORLD The EU as an International Actor; C.Cosgrove-Sacks European Union Support for Regional Integration Initiatives in Developing Countries; C.Santos The European Commission's Institutional Framework for Development Policy; I.D.C.Ureta PART II: HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY IN EU POLICIES TOWARDS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES The European Union's Human Rights policy Towards Developing Countries: A Constitutional and Legal Analysis; I.S.Sanchez The Clauses of Democratic Conditionality in the European Union's External Relations; M.Giorello The European Union's Human Rights Activity within the United Nations Commission for Human Rights; J.Bourke Eurocentrism and Political Conditionality; G.Brusco PART III: SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN EU POLICIES TOWARDS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES The European Community's Approach to Sustainable Development in its Relations with the Developing World; G.Simpson Social Sustainable Development; E.C.Jimenez Biodiversity Preservation Issues in the European Union's Development Cooperation Policy; C.Catarci PART IV: EU POLICIES REGARDING HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE The European Union and Humanitarian Assistance: Definition, International Context and Developments; A.Haglund EU Humanitarian Cooperation with Partners: The Partnership Framework Agreement; D.Dalia The European Union's Humanitarian Assistance as a Political Tool; R.Klages PART V: COHERENCE AND COORDINATION IN EU DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION POLICY Evolution of the Legal Framework of the European Union's Development Cooperation Policy; S.Barbagallo The Quest for Coherence Between EU Policies: An Unattainable Goal?; A.Bell Complementarity of the EU's Development Policy; G.Forwood Coordination of the European Union's Development Cooperation Policy: Analysis and Future Prospects; A.C.Coutinho PART VI: GLOBALIZATION AND EU DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION POLICY WTO and European Community Trade Policies Towards Developing Countries; J.R.Delgado The European Union's Development Cooperation Policy and Financial Globalization; S.Gueguen-Levinson Europe, Diplomacy and Development Cooperation with the ACP Group; C.Cosgrove-Sacks Index