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Title Emotional politics of norm hierarchy in EU's external relations: the case of climate crisis and the EU's arctic policy
ID_Doc 63315
Authors Terzi,Ö
Title Emotional politics of norm hierarchy in EU's external relations: the case of climate crisis and the EU's arctic policy
Year 2024
Published Journal Of European Integration, 46, 5
DOI 10.1080/07036337.2024.2359590
Abstract This article focuses on the role emotions play as a heuristic tool in determining the hierarchy of norms in EU's Arctic policy. In the Arctic, appropriate behaviour prescribed by the norms regarding climate change mitigation (the European Green Deal and the Paris Agreement), environmental protection according to EU environmental law and UN-recognised Indigenous Peoples' rights contradict each other. When multiple norms are to be applied in a situation and they conflict with each other, a prioritisation needs to be made among these norms. This paper investigates how emotions contribute in a heuristic way to determining this priority. It finds out that fear of climate change enables climate change mitigation and regulations of the European Green Deal to gain primacy over environmental protection norms and Indigenous Peoples' rights. Self-confidence of the EU and its trust in Nordic member states in these two areas constrain the EU from taking further protective measures.
Author Keywords Emotions in European foreign policy; norm conflicts; emotions in heuristic decision making; EU's Arctic policy; European Green Deal; foreign policy analysis
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
EID WOS:001266770900003
WoS Category International Relations; Political Science
Research Area International Relations; Government & Law
PDF https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/07036337.2024.2359590?needAccess=true
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