Europeanization and the Making of the EU as a Security Actor

Learning, Differentiation and Change in European Defence Policy
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-31348-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 166 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in European Foreign Policy

This book explains convergence and non-convergence to – as well as divergence from – EU policy with respect to broader Europeanization showing how it varies considerably in outcome and form across time, policy dimensions and actors.

Examining three EU member states with different statuses and priorities, the book theorises different levels of public policy at play supported by extensive and original data. It compares the ‘EU effect’ with the effects of other security frameworks, including the UN and NATO and – from a perspective of political sociology – argues that the state is best conceptualized as having several ‘social selves’ that are constituted by individual human actors, who act in particular contexts and who are impacted differently by external forces such as the EU.

This book is of key interest to scholars and students of EU foreign, security and defence policy, foreign policy analysis. political sociology, crisis management, migration and more broadly to EU studies, international relations, security and defence studies, and public policy.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nissen, Christine

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Internationale Organisationen und Institutionen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction  2. Explaining the Europeanization of Security and Defence Policy  3. Exploring the EU's Evolution as a Conflict Management Framework with Insights from Bosnia-Herzegovina: Shaping Peace  4. The Common Security and Defence Policy: From External to Internal Security Provider  5. The Ukraine-war ‘moment’ and the Future of EU Defence  6. Comparisons, Implications and Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Christine Nissen is Chief Analyst at the Copenhagen-based think tank EUROPA and an Associated Researcher with the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR).