Securing Europe

Securing Europe takes a novel approach to Europeanization among EU member states by employing a sociological institutionalist approach. Watanabe argues that Europeanization as a process of change takes place not as a result of rationally calculating states, but because of the reworking of perceptual and normative frameworks. In this book, Lisa Watanabe attempts to contribute to a better understanding of the integration process in the European security field. She explores which actors play an important role in transforming policy spheres that are central to state sovereignty, in an effort to discern the manner in which their institutional embeddedness has contributed to altering the politics of security within the EU. She then examines the impact that developments in the security realm have on the EU-US security relationship.

ISBN 0230579892   Pages 208 ISBN13 9780230579897 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 353 Publisher Palgrave Macmillan   Published in Basingstoke Imprint Palgrave Macmillan   Series title New Security Challenges Format Hardback   Height (mm) 222 Publication date 20 Jan 2010   Width (mm) 143 DEWEY 355.03304   Spine width (mm) 15 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Tertiary education

Pt. I		Europeanization: Analytical Framework
1		Introduction		3
		A sociological institutionalist framework		10
2		A Sociological Institutionalist Approach to Europeanization		14
		Introduction		14
		Review of existing approaches		15
		A sociological institutionalist approach		29
		Europeanization		37
		The co-determination of national and European institutional orders		42
		Conclusion		49
Pt. II		The Case Studies
3		The European Security and Defence Policy		53
		Introduction		53
		Reframing defence: The emergence of the ESDP		55
		Europeanization of military security		59
		Transatlantic security relations		77
		Conclusion		87
4		Justice and Home Affairs Post-September 11		91
		Introduction		91
		Europeanization of 'Internal' security prior to 9/11		93
		Europeanization of 'Internal' security post-9/11		108
		Reshaping of domestic institutional orders		112
		Transatlantic security relations		119
		Conclusion		123
5		The Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe		127
		Introduction		127
		From reactive crisis management to long-term conflict prevention		129
		Europeanization of Germany's policy preferences		135
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