Explaining EU Internal Security Cooperation

The Problem(s) of Producing Public Goods

Nonfiction, History, Military
Cover of the book Explaining EU Internal Security Cooperation by , Taylor and Francis
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9781317644958
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: December 22, 2017
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781317644958
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: December 22, 2017
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

Internal security is often hailed as a rapidly expanding area of European integration, with a growing number of strategies, policies and framework agreements in recent years. Yet actual cooperation, when viewed closely, proceeds at a halting pace – raising questions as to why cooperation appears so problematic. This book presents a novel, theoretically-informed way to understand internal security cooperation in Europe. The approach treats internal security as a "public good" requiring collective action amongst sovereign governments. All governments must contribute to the production of a public good; once produced, the public good benefits all governments. Fundamental obstacles to producing a public good thus arise, and can help explain the underlying difficulties facing European cooperation on internal security matters. The chapters in this book apply a public goods approach to different internal security issues, ranging from terrorism to border management, and from environmental security to natural disasters. Each study demonstrates how the various goals of internal security cooperation resemble different forms of public goods – and thus present different kinds of obstacles to effective cooperation. This book fills a theoretical gap in the literature on European internal security cooperation with a proven approach increasingly used in other scholarly fields.

This book was published as a special issue of European Security.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Internal security is often hailed as a rapidly expanding area of European integration, with a growing number of strategies, policies and framework agreements in recent years. Yet actual cooperation, when viewed closely, proceeds at a halting pace – raising questions as to why cooperation appears so problematic. This book presents a novel, theoretically-informed way to understand internal security cooperation in Europe. The approach treats internal security as a "public good" requiring collective action amongst sovereign governments. All governments must contribute to the production of a public good; once produced, the public good benefits all governments. Fundamental obstacles to producing a public good thus arise, and can help explain the underlying difficulties facing European cooperation on internal security matters. The chapters in this book apply a public goods approach to different internal security issues, ranging from terrorism to border management, and from environmental security to natural disasters. Each study demonstrates how the various goals of internal security cooperation resemble different forms of public goods – and thus present different kinds of obstacles to effective cooperation. This book fills a theoretical gap in the literature on European internal security cooperation with a proven approach increasingly used in other scholarly fields.

This book was published as a special issue of European Security.

More books from Taylor and Francis

Cover of the book Political Correctness and Higher Education by
Cover of the book Multinational Federations by
Cover of the book The Irony of Barack Obama by
Cover of the book Rethinking Environmental Justice in Sustainable Cities by
Cover of the book Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions Revisited by
Cover of the book Government Reformed by
Cover of the book Modernizing Democracy: Innovations in Citizen Participation by
Cover of the book Handbook for Creative Team Leaders by
Cover of the book Critical Religious Education in Practice by
Cover of the book Historical Foundations of Informal Logic by
Cover of the book Landscape and Gender in the Novels of Charlotte Brontë, George Eliot, and Thomas Hardy by
Cover of the book Uganda by
Cover of the book Philosophy of Molecular Medicine by
Cover of the book Lord Salisbury by
Cover of the book Architecture, Liberty and Civic Order by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy