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Theorising the European Union as an International Security Provider

Whitman, Richard G. and Wolff, Stefan and Peen Rodt, Annemarie, eds. (2016) Theorising the European Union as an International Security Provider. Routledge, Oxford, UK, 140 pp. ISBN 978-1-138-65966-7. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:56875)

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Abstract

The European Union has increasingly taken on a role as international security provider that extends beyond the geographical scope of its membership. This is clear from the wide range of military and civilian crisis management missions that the Union has undertaken, but also identifiable through its other policies, such as the European Neighbourhood Policy and development assistance, which have also to some extent become security focused. Yet, the role of the EU as an international security provider remains under-theorized and weakly understood.

The book analyses the Union’s role as an international security provider in a comprehensive way developing theoretical as well as empirical grounding for the understanding of the making and implementation of EU security policy. The contributions in this book cover actors involved in the policy making process, the dynamics of this process itself, its outcomes (strategies and policies) and their impact on the ground. They examine the relevance of, and apply, existing theories of international relations, international security and foreign policy analysis to the specific case of the EU, investigate empirically how particular policies are formulated and implemented, and study the impact and effectiveness of the Union as an international security provider in a variety of cases compared. This book was previously published as a special issue of Global Society.

Item Type: Edited book
Uncontrolled keywords: European Union, security,
Subjects: H Social Sciences
J Political Science
J Political Science > JZ International relations
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Politics and International Relations
Depositing User: Richard Whitman
Date Deposited: 18 Aug 2016 12:52 UTC
Last Modified: 17 Aug 2022 12:21 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/56875 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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