European Defence Policy - Beyond the Nation State (Hardcover)

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. Whether hailed as a vital step in the integration of Europe or berated as a wasteful threat to U.S. power, European citizens are increasingly interested in the common defense policy. Today, "European Defence" is more popular than the European Union itself, even in Great Britain.
Merand addresses the fundamental challenge posed by military integration to the way we think about the state in the 21st Century. Looking back over the past 50 years, he shows how statesmen, diplomats and soldiers have converged towards Brussels as a "natural" solution to their concerns but also as something worth fighting over. The actors most closely associated to the formation of nation-states are now shaping a transgovernmental security and defense arena. As a result, defense policy is being denationalized. Exploring the complex relations between the state, the military, and citizenship in today's Europe, Merand argues that European Defence is a symptom, but not a cause, of the transformation of the state.
This book is an original contribution to the theory of European integration. Drawing on the work of Pierre Bourdieu, Merand develops a political sociology of international relations which seeks to bridge institutionalism and constructivism. His careful study of practices, social representations and power structures sheds new light on security and defence cooperation, but also on European cooperation more generally.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2008
First published:	July 2008
Authors:	Frederic Merand
Dimensions:	240 x 165 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	198
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-953324-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > General Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > Defence strategy, planning & research > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > International institutions > EU & European institutions Promotions
LSN:	0-19-953324-5
Barcode:	9780199533244

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