The domestic sources of European foreign policy : defence and enlargement / Omar Serrano.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Serrano, Omar, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Europe--Foreign relations.

Europe.

Europe / Foreign relations.

Local Subjects:

Europe / Foreign relations.

Physical Description:

200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2013]

Summary:

The Domestic Sources of European Foreign Policy: Defence and Enlargement looks at the challenge of developing a foreign policy for a Union of 27 states. It analyses the relevance of domestic political processes for the EU's common policies and examines the democratic deficit in EU foreign policy. It thereby highlights what is unique about this policy and reflects about its possible future evolution. The study is novel in that it examines the influence of domestic politics across the whole of the EU. As the EU continues to face difficulties in formulating common policies (this goes beyond foreign policy; the crisis surrounding the single currency is a recent and notable example), this book offers a unique insight into the complexities of enhancing the EU's common policies by assessing domestic political debates and the role of actors who legitimize or constrain support for common policies. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction 15

2 Theorizing European Foreign Policy 25

A domestic approach to European foreign policy 26

The cases 30

3 Security and Defence Policies 33

3.1 Origins, evolution, and current state of affairs 33

Military and civilian operations 35

State of affairs 37

The Lisbon Treaty: from ESDP to CSDP 38

3.2 National priorities and capabilities 39

France 40

Germany 41

United Kingdom 42

The southern European states and ESDP 43

New Member States and ESDP 52

3.3 Statistical analysis 65

Data sources 65

Independent variables 65

Other variables 72

Model 72

Results 73

3.4 Instrumentalizing foreign policy? Government popularity and ESDP in France, Sweden, the Czech Republic, and Romania 77

4 Enlargement 85

4.1 Domestic factors and enlargement 85

4.2 The workings of the enlargement process 95

4.3 Testing the argument 101

5 Conclusions 117.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-196) and index.

ISBN:

9789089645104

9089645101

OCLC:

844440547