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Book SynopsisResearches a new and important area of European Union development - security and defense. It presents a ground-breaking argument based on comparative political development about how EU state-building has occurred in unexpected ways, through the political economy of interest group intermediation.
Trade Review'Kaija Schilde brings her critical insight and intellectual heft to the ever lasting question of how the EU responds to the demands of security. By looking at the political economy of European security, Schilde demonstrates the bargaining and trade-offs that have gone into policing, justice and home affairs and defence. Building on literature from political economics, European integration and security studies, this book sets out to uncover the building blocks of the EU as a security provider.' David Galbreath, Professor of International Security, University of Bath
Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The governing capacity of the European Union; 2. Mr. Smith goes to Brussels; 3. How Weberian is the EU?; 4. The political economy of European defense; 5. The political development of EU defense; 6. The political development of EU security; 7. The blurring of European security and defense.
