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The European Union and Military Force : Governance and Strategy.
Assesses the function, successes of and challenges for the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy.
Record details
- ISBN: 1107028906
- ISBN: 1139237071
- ISBN: 1139840460
- ISBN: 1139842846
- ISBN: 1283836327
- ISBN: 9781107028906
- ISBN: 9781139237079
- ISBN: 9781139840460
- ISBN: 9781139842846
- ISBN: 9781283836326
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (246 pages)
- Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | CatMonthString:july.21 Multi-User. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Cover; The European Union and Military Force; Title; Copyright; Contents; Abbreviations and acronyms; Preface; 1 Introduction: CSDP, strategic actorness and security governance; Conceptions of the EU as an international actor; The EU as a strategic actor; The governance turn in EU studies; Towards heterarchy; The interaction of multiple actors; Formal and informal institutionalisation; Relations between actors that are ideational in character; A collective purpose; The promise of the security governance approach; Strategic actorness and security governance; Structure of the book. 2 European strategic culture and the Comprehensive ApproachIs there a European strategic culture?; Beyond constructive ambiguity; Creating a purpose for the CSDP; The reluctant military actor: acting comprehensively as an end; Concluding remarks; 3 In pursuit of the EU interest: state, individual and institutional agency in the CSDP; The evolution of EU foreign policy-making: a search for efficiency; The expanding role of the Council Secretariat in the CSDP; The Solana legacy: the changing power of individuals in the CSDP; The impact of big and small Member States on the CSDP. Concluding remarks4 The institutional link: creating a civil-military organisation fit for purpose; Two models for organising the civil-military interface; Flawed by design; Reforming the civil-military structures; Building a culture of coordination; The joint SITCEN: a pathfinder for EU civil-military integration?; Concluding remarks; 5 Building European capabilities: beyond the transatlantic gap; The capability gap and the concept of interoperability; The Headline Goal 2003: (re- )counting old capabilities; The Headline Goal 2010: from quantity to quality (I)? Operations in the Middle EastAfrica and the wider Middle East: a testing ground for the CSDP; Operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); Operations in Central Africa; Other EU operations in Africa and beyond; The world is the stage: the EU's global ambitions; Concluding remarks; 7 Conclusion: a comprehensive strategic actor for the future?; A comprehensive strategic actor?; EU security governance revisited: a strategic actor for the future?; Notes; References; Index. The case of the Nordic BattlegroupLead and niche nations: the CSDP as arena for role specialisation; The European Defence Agency: managing the system top-down?; The civilian capability process: sending solicitors to war; The Civilian Headline Goal 2008: from quantity to quality (II)?; Broad interoperability as comparative advantage; Concluding remarks; 6 CSDP operations: learning through failure or failing to learn?; Categorising EU operations; Europe and its Southern flanks: mastering your own backyard; Operations in the Western Balkans; Operations in the Caucasus and Eastern Europe. |
| Type of Computer File or Data Note: | Text (HTML), electronic book. |
| System Details Note: | Mode of access: Internet. |
| Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription. |
| Issuing Body Note: | Made available online by EBSCO. |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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