European Security Governance: The European Union in a Westphalian World

by Gow; James

• ISBN13: 9780415493529
• ISBN10: 0415493528
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-06-18
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book focuses on the problems of, and prospects for, strengthening the global system of security governance in a manner consistent with the aspirations and practices of the EU.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	p. xi
List of contributors	p. xii
Preface	p. xiii
List of abbreviations	p. xv
Introduction: security governance in a Westphalian world	p. 1
The institutional dimension of security governance: EU, NATO and the UN	p. 17
Multilateral security governance: comparing the UN and the EU	p. 19
NATO's institutional decline in post-Cold War security governance	p. 40
The EU in global security governance: lessons for conceptual development	p. 61
Barriers and opportunities to security governance: recalcitrant hegemon and sectoral resistance	p. 77
Global governance, security governance, and an imperious United States	p. 79
Unilateral endeavours challenging governance in the energy sector: Russia, China and the US	p. 94
Children and post-conflict security governance	p. 114
Conclusion: farewell Westphalia? The prospects of EU security governance	p. 127
Bibliography	p. 141
Index	p. 160
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