EÚ – karikatúra medzinárodného aktéra? Predstavy o aktérstve Európskej únie podľa týždenníka The Economist
EU – a Caricature of an International Actor? How The Economist Imagines EU Actorness

Summary/Abstract: Constructivist attempts to focus on analysis of the European identity, including the foreign policy dimension, rely almost exclusively on textual and verbal discourse. But discourse as such is not limited to textual and verbal acts; graphics and visuals, including political caricatures, constitute an integral component of discourse as well. The aim of this contribution is to analyse how the European Union’s identity as an actor of international relations could be imagined by studying a sample of political cartoons from The Economist. Based on the analysis, I conclude that although the European Union is not imagined as an antithesis to a standard international actor, The Economist still imagines it as a player that is not entirely equal to other players.

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