International crisis management : the approach of European states /

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Over the past fifty years, crisis management has become essential to achieving and maintaining national security. This book offers a comparative analysis of the preconditions and constraints nine European states place on their participation in international crisis management operations and the impor...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Houben, Marc, 1967-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.
Series:Routledge studies in governance and change in the global era ; 2.
Subjects:
Since 1989
National security > Europe, Western.
Administrative procedure > Europe, Western.
International relations.
Crisis management.
Relations internationales.
Gestion de crise.
international relations.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > International.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
Administrative procedure
Crisis management
Diplomatic relations
International relations
National security
Politics and government
Europe, Western > Foreign relations > 1989-
Europe, Western > Foreign relations > Decision making.
Europe, Western > Politics and government.
Europe de l'Ouest > Relations extérieures > 1989-
Europe de l'Ouest > Relations extérieures > Prise de décision.
Europe de l'Ouest > Politique et gouvernement.
Western Europe
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction and plan of the book
  • The double political problem of international crisis management
  • Preconditions versus 'criteria for intervention'
  • Research questions and methodology
  • Defining the key terms: ambiguities and conundrums
  • Elements of change
  • The twin processes of normalisation and domestication
  • Process and principles of self-organisation
  • On the nature of the crisis
  • Three propositions
  • States are sovereign, only marginally free
  • The imperative of cooperation
  • All states are constrained
  • The case studies: a comparative analysis
  • Changing the rules: Belgium and the Netherlands
  • Belgium
  • The Netherlands
  • Concluding remarks
  • The imperative of consensus: Denmark and Norway
  • Denmark
  • Norway
  • Concluding remarks
  • The dominant government: the United Kingdom, France and Spain
  • The United Kingdom
  • France
  • Spain
  • Concluding remarks
  • The dominant parliament: Germany and Italy
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Concluding remarks
  • Comparative analysis and conclusions
  • National preconditions and multinational action Nature and characteristics of the national decision-making process
  • Do participation decisions fit a general pattern?
  • How and why do governments precondition their participation?
  • What are the consequences for multinational action?
  • The relation between government and parliament
  • Binding the government
  • Obtaining and sustaining domestic support
  • Does national decision-making improve if preconditions are formalised?
  • Parliamentary scrutiny and evaluation
  • Parliament as a democratic learning mechanism
  • Annex.: The review framework of the Netherlands.

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