UID:
edocfu_9959236006502883
Format:
1 online resource (338 p.)
ISBN:
1-134-32602-5
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1-134-32603-3
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1-280-10251-9
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0-203-00126-5
Series Statement:
Routledge stuides in governance and change in the global era ; 2
Content:
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 important consequences of such decisions, and provides a theoretical framework to help the reader understand this complex decision-making process.
Note:
"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge."--T.p. verso.
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International Crisis Management The approach of European states; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Preface and acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Declaring war; Part IProblem definition and framework of analysis; 1 Introduction and plan of the book; 1.1 The double political problem of international crisis management; 1.2 Preconditions versus 'criteria for intervention'; 1.3 Research questions and methodology; 1.4 Defining the key terms: ambiguities and conundrums; 2 Elements of change; 2.1 The twin processes of normalisation and domestication
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2.2 The process and principles of self-organisation2.3 On the nature of the crisis; 3 Three propositions; 3.1 States are sovereign but only marginally free; 3.2 The imperative of cooperation; 3.3 All states are constrained; Part IIThe case studies: a comparative analysis; 4 Changing the rules: Belgium and the Netherlands; 4.1 Belgium; 4.2 The Netherlands; 4.3 Concluding remarks; 5 The imperative of consensus: Denmark and Norway; 5.1 Denmark; 5.2 Norway; 5.3 Concluding remarks; 6 The dominant government: the United Kingdom, France and Spain; 6.1 The United Kingdom; 6.2 France; 6.3 Spain
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6.4 Concluding remarks7 The dominant parliament: Germany and Italy; 7.1 Germany; 7.2 Italy; 7.3 Concluding remarks; Part IIIComparative analysis and conclusions; 8 National preconditions and multinational action; 8.1 Nature and characteristics of the national decision-making process; 8.2 Do participation decisions fit a general pattern?; 8.3 How and why do states impose preconditions on their participation?; 8.4 National preconditions and the consequences for multinational action; 9 The relation between government and Parliament; 9.1 Binding the government
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9.2 Obtaining and sustaining political support9.3 Does the national decision-making process improve if preconditions are formalised?; 9.4 Parliamentary scrutiny and evaluation; 9.5 Parliament as a democratic learning mechanism; Annexthe review framework of the Netherlands; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-65524-2
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-35455-2
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203001264
