{"product_id":"european-foreign-and-security-policy-9781442610347","title":"European Foreign and Security Policy","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe European Union's (EU) Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) stipulates that all member states must unanimously ratify policy proposals through their representatives on the EU Council. Intergovernmentalism, or the need for equal agreement from all member nations, is used by many political scientists and policy analysts to study how the EU achieves its CFSP. However, in \u003cem\u003eEuropean Foreign and Security Policy\u003c\/em\u003e, Catherine Gegout modifies this theory, arguing instead for analyses based on what she terms 'constrained intergovernmentalism.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGegout's theory of constrained intergovernmentalism allows for member states, in particular France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, to bargain with one another and to make rational decisions but also takes into account the constraints imposed by the United States, the European Commission, and the precedents set by past decisions. Three in-depth case studies of CFSP decision-making support her argument, as she examines the EU positio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents  List of Tables\t5   Abbreviations\t6   Acknowledgements\t8   Introduction: Deciding Foreign and Security Policy in the European Union - A Brief Account of CFSP\t11   Part One: CFSP - Theory and Practice\t34   Chapter One: Foundations for \"Constrained Intergovernmentalism\", a New Theoretical Approach\t35   Chapter Two: CFSP - The Machinery of Decision-Making\t56   Part Two: Case Studies in CFSP - The Mechanism in Action\t94   Chapter Three: A Pure CFSP Case - The Condemnation of China's Human Rights Policy (1997-2005)\t95   Chapter Four: A CFSP-EC Case - Sanctions Against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Spring 2000)\t119   Chapter Five: A CFSP-ESDP Case - Institutional Relations with NATO (1998-2008)\t152   Part Three: The Unexpected Actors in the CFSP System\t179  Chapter Six: The United States - Partial Bandwagoning\t180   Chapter Seven: The Commission - Modes of Intervention and Control in CFSP\t204   Conclusion: \"Constrained Intergovernmentalism\" - A More Complete Theorisation of the CFSP System\t224 Appendix.   Bibliography Notes and References\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408348324183,"sku":"9781442610347","price":26.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442610347.jpg?v=1730502540","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/european-foreign-and-security-policy-9781442610347","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}