European Defence Policy

Zusatztext Drawing on a sophisticated array of concepts! Mérand shows how military-security and foreign policy are increasingly becoming not just regionalised but internationalised under the pressures of globalisation. Informationen zum Autor Frédéric Mérand (PhD, Berkeley) is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Montreal, where he teaches European politics and political sociology. He sits on the board of the European Community Studies Association-Canada. He was a fellow of the Institute of International Studies and the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, both at the University of California. In 2004-05 he was a policy advisor with the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. The author of several articles on the European security and defence policy, transatlantic relations, and political economy, Mérand currently works on a large research project on the social networks of security and defence actors in Europe, funded by the Social Science and Humanities Research Council. Klappentext This book explains the creation of the European Union's Security and Defence Policy - to this day the most ambitious project of peacetime military integration. Mérand explores the complex relations between the state, the military, and citizenship in today's Europe. Zusammenfassung This book explains the creation of the European Union's Security and Defence Policy - to this day the most ambitious project of peacetime military integration. Mérand explores the complex relations between the state, the military, and citizenship in today's Europe. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: What is European Defence? 2: The Internationalization of European Armed Forces 3: The Europeanization of Foreign Policy 4: European Security In Crisis 5: Constructing European Defence Conclusion References

Product details

• Authors: Frederic Merand, Frédéric Mérand
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.05.2008
• EAN: 9780199533244
• ISBN: 978-0-19-953324-4
• No. of pages: 198
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 240 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, Defence strategy, planning & research, Political structure & processes, EU (European Union), Military and defence strategy, International institutions, Political structure and processes, EU & European institutions