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An engaging assessment of the theoretical debates on the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). The contributions to this volume bring together sophisticated theoretical frameworks and extensive empirical research. Pluralistic in its approach, the volume emphasizes the role of conceptual diversity for better explaining the EU's CSDP.
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Reviews
"This is a long overdue and most welcome injection of serious theoretical perspectives into the academic discussion of CSDP, a policy area which fits uneasily into mainstream theories of either international relations or European integration. This rising generation of scholars offers a variety of penetrating insights from neo-realism to post-structuralism, with a heavy emphasis on constructivism. The book breaks significant new theoretical ground and will prove invaluable to all serious scholars of European security and defence."
- Jolyon Howorth, Visiting Professor of Political Science at Yale, USA and Jean Monnet Professor of European Politics ad personam and Emeritus Professor of European Studies at the University of Bath, UK
'For many years, studies of EU security policies represented the 'poor neighbours' of EU studies, generally under-theorised, often descriptive and prescriptive. This book marks an important step on the path towards mainstreaming scholarly investigation of these policies. It provides a comprehensive overview of the way several theories can enhance our understanding of the Union's role in international security. Hence it has much to offer not only those interested in security related issues, but also students of European integration more broadly.'
- Anand Menon, Professor of West European Politics, University of Birmingham, UK
'A quantum leap in theorising the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy. The editors have brought together some of the finest scholarship on European security. In its pluralist attitude towards the analysis of CSDP, this book establishes the parameters within which the academic debate on this issue will take place for the foreseeable future.'
- Thomas Diez, Professor of Political Science and International Relations, University of Tübingen, Germany
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
SVEN BISCOP Director of the Europe in the World Programme at Egmont Royal Institute for International Relations in Brussels, Belgium, and Visiting Professor on European Security at Ghent University and at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium
RALUCA CSERNATONI PhD Candidate at the Department of International Relations and European Studies at Central European University, Hungary
STEPHANIE C. HOFMANN Assistant Professor at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva, Switzerland
ADRIAN HYDE-PRICE Professor of International Politics at the University of Bath, UK
FRIEDRICH KRATOCHWIL Chair in International Relations at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy
FRÉDÉRIC MÉRAND Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Montreal, Canada, Visiting Professor of European Studies at LUISS University in Rome, Italy, and Deputy Director of the Centre for International Peace and Security Studies at Montreal, Canada
PER M. NORHEIM-MARTINSEN Senior Research Fellow at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI)
IRAKLIS OIKONOMOU Research Associate at the Hellenic Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Greece
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Explaining the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy
Book Subtitle: Theory in Action
Editors: Xymena Kurowska, Fabian Breuer
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230355729
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-27783-0Published: 22 November 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-32579-5Published: 01 January 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-35572-9Published: 22 November 2011
Series ISSN: 2662-5873
Series E-ISSN: 2662-5881
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 256
Topics: European Union Politics, International Relations, Military and Defence Studies, Political Science, Globalization