International Crisis Management

The approach of European states

Marc Houben - Collection Routledge Studies in Governance and Change in the Global Area

316 pages, parution le 01/01/2005

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The past fifty years have seen a shift in the European strategic defence rationale, moving from territorial to collective security. Crisis management, the response to circumstances in international politics when preventative measures have failed and action is needed to stop a situation spiralling, has become essential to achieving and maintaining national security. In the aftermath of the Iraq war this decision process has acquired even greater significance. Marc Houben offers a comparative analysis of the preconditions and constraints nine European states place on their participation in international crisis management operations and the important consequences of such decisions. The book provides a theoretical framework to help the reader understand this complex decision-making process.

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List of illustrations
Preface and acknowledgments
List of abbreviations
Declaring war
Problem definition and framework of analysis
- Introduction and plan of the book
- Elements of change
- Three propositions
The case studies: a comparative analysis
- Changing the rules:Belgium and the Netherlands
- The imperative of consensus: Denmark and Norway
- The dominant government: the United Kingdom, France and Spain
- The dominant parliament: Germany and Italy
Comparative analysis and conclusions
- National preconditions and multinational action
- The relation between government and parliament
Annex: The review framework of the Netherlands
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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Éditeur(s)	Routledge
Auteur(s)	Marc Houben
Collection	Routledge Studies in Governance and Change in the Global Area
Parution	01/01/2005
Nb. de pages	316
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	639g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780415354554
ISBN13	978-0-415-35455-4