Political Economy of European Security

Looks at how EU political institutions in security and defense have developed through the political economy of interest group intermediation.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The governing capacity of the European Union; 2. Mr. Smith goes to Brussels; 3. How Weberian is the EU?; 4. The political economy of European defense; 5. The political development of EU defense; 6. The political development of EU security; 7. The blurring of European security and defense.

About the author

Kaija Schilde is an Assistant Professor of political science at the Boston University Pardee School of Global Studies.

Summary

Researches a new and important area of European Union development - security and defense. It presents a ground-breaking argument based on comparative political development about how EU state-building has occurred in unexpected ways, through the political economy of interest group intermediation.

Product details

• Authors: Kaija Schilde, Kaija (Boston University) Schilde
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9781107198432
• ISBN: 978-1-107-19843-2
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, Political science & theory, Political structure & processes, EU & European institutions, Constitution: government and the state