Download or read book Understanding the EU as a Good Global Actor written by Fahey, Elaine and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2022-10-07 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This timely book investigates the EU’s multi-faceted development as a global actor, unpacking its legal mission to be a ‘good’ actor as well as exploring the complexities of fulfilling this objective. It elicits critical reflections on the question of ‘goodness’ in EU external relations from descriptive, analytical and normative perspectives, and examines which metrics of actorness are useful in tackling this subject.