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Schöttli, Jivanta --- "India’s role in the world: implications for multilateralism and global governance" [2015] ELECD 399; in Wouters, Jan; Defraigne, Jean-Christophe; Burnay, Matthieu (eds), "China, the European Union and the Developing World" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015) 186

Book Title: China, the European Union and the Developing World

Editor(s): Wouters, Jan; Defraigne, Jean-Christophe; Burnay, Matthieu

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781783477333

Section: Chapter 7

Section Title: India’s role in the world: implications for multilateralism and global governance

Author(s): Schöttli, Jivanta

Number of pages: 24

Abstract/Description:

Within an emerging multi-polar world order, the European Union (EU) has often articulated the need for systemic, rule-based cooperation, referred to as ‘effective multilateralism’, which draws upon the EU’s preference for soft power. Moving away from the traditional idea that peace among nations is a function of political systems, Europe has turned towards the belief that the forces of global economic interdependence can be harnessed for the promotion of global governance. This chapter posits that identity plays a key role in influencing a country’s approach to international relations. Furthermore, in the case of such large and complex political entities as the European Union, India or China, it is all the more necessary to highlight processes of identity formation that feed into the framing and implementation of policies.