European Foreign and Security Policy

States, Power, Institutions, and American Hegemony

Catherine Gegout author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:University of Toronto Press

Published:8th May '10

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'Decision-making in the European Union is a process often characterized by obscurity and complexity. In European Foreign and Security Policy, Catherine Gegout explains, with a high degree of clarity, the real-world mechanisms by which agreements are reached among members.' -- Alexander Moens, Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University

Three in-depth case studies of CFSP decision-making support Gegout's argument, as she examines the EU position on China's human rights record, EU sanctions against Serbia, and EU relations with NATO in European Foreign and Security Policy.

The 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 European Foreign and Security Policy, Catherine Gegout modifies this theory, arguing instead for analyses based on what she terms 'constrained intergovernmentalism.'

Gegout'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 position on China's human rights record, EU sanctions against Serbia, and EU relations with NATO.

ISBN: 9781442610347

Dimensions: 229mm x 153mm x 17mm

Weight: 440g

256 pages