英文摘要 |
External Incentives Strategy is one of the most important EU's foreign policy instruments after the end of Cold War. Significant efforts are under way to evaluate more the results of one specific version of democracy promotion;nowhere is this more visible than in the effects of external incentives in EU's neighbor area. In the past decades, the number of members of European Union had increased to 28 in 2013;this growing moment and expanding influences show signs of deeper regional intergration. Political elites of EU select incentives as a dominant strategy when they seek to induce regimes' political transformaton. The huge imbalance in the overall incentive structure and structurally dependence between EU member states and the frequent use of incentives and sanctions for the promotion of democracy, limited research has been devoted to inquire how incentives function in the face of transnational relations. The authors argue that, incentives will likely to create impetus as the target states have more willingness to identify themselves as 'we'group.In the following, this article is structured in three parts. First, the authors argue that focal point of EU's external relation is the use of external incentives; this is also related to regional stability and European integration. Second, the use of incentives can be seen in a way of multiple approaches. Third, the influential model of external incentives rests on bilateral interflow, social learning process and demonstration effects;moreover, credibility and increasing returns reinforce the influence of external incentives. |