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OverviewThis text concerns Europe's apparent inability to cope with the complex international environment. Why does the Union fail to create a workable (sound) Common Foreign and Security policy? Five explanations for Euro-paralysis are considered, focusing on power politics, the assertion of national interests, misguided institutional designs, a crisis of modern democracy, and post-Cold War conceptual confusion. Full Product DetailsAuthor: J. ZielonkaPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.505kg ISBN: 9780333730409ISBN 10: 0333730402 Pages: 266 Publication Date: 07 October 1998 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Beyond Euro-optimism and Skepticism Power Politics, Again Divergent Traditions and Conflicting Interests Paradigm Lost and the Conceptual Confusion The Crisis of Modern Democracy Weak Institutions The Choices to be Made Selected Bibliography IndexReviews'...Zielonka's edited volume should be read and pondered.' - Government and Opposition 'This book offers stimulating insights and fresh ways of thinking about the EU and its foreign and security policy deficiencies.' - Uwe Schmalz, Institut fur Europaische Politik '...Zielonka's edited volume should be read and pondered.' - Government and Opposition 'This book offers stimulating insights and fresh ways of thinking about the EU and its foreign and security policy deficiencies.' - Uwe Schmalz, Institut fur Europaische Politik Author InformationJAN ZIELONKA is Associate Professor at Leiden University since 1983, Fellow of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS, Wassenaar) in 1983-84 and 1989-90, Research Associate at the International Institute for strategic Studies, London (1990-91), Senior Associate Member at St. Antony's College, Oxford (1994), and Visiting Scholar at the Centre for International Studies at Oxford University (1994-95). He has published books and articles on political ideas in Poland, on human rights and security in Europe, on the problems of transition in Central and Eastern Europe, and on East-West trade and technology transfers. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |