Cooperation by committee
Subtitle: the EU Military Committee and the Committee for Civilian Crisis Management
By: Mai'a K. Davis Cross
Contributors: Institute for Security Studies (Paris, France)
Series: Occasional paper -- 82; Occasional papers (Institute for Security Studies (Paris, France)) -- no. 82.
Publisher: European Union Institute for Security Studies
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 39
ISBN-13: 9789291981632
Subjects: Group decision making; Interagency coordination; Civil-military relations; Europäische Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik; Internationale Kooperation; Krisenmanagement; Militärpolitik
Other titles: European Union Military Committee and the Committee for Civilian Crisis Management
Description: Examines the examples of the Civilian Crisis Management Committee (Civcom) and EU Military Committee (EUMC), in order to shed light on the transgovernmental dynamic within the field of Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), the EU's cornerstone policy mechanism for crisis response in third countries. Provides insight into the transgovernmental processes of Member States' permanent representations, suggesting that committees can be dynamic, distinctive, and influential in their roles. The expertise, culture, meeting frequency, and norms of the two committees are compared, and the way in which how these factors influence their overall internal dynamic is analysed. Taking a sociological-institutionalist approach, the author suggests that the group dynamics, shared norms, and evolving worldviews within these committees contribute, at least in part, to whether consensus is possible.
Notes: "February 2010."

Includes bibliographical references.

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Table of contents: title: Summary; title: Introduction; title: The EUMC and Civcom : origins and formal role; title: The European Military Committee.; title: The role of expertise; title: - Common culture; title: Meetings and shared professional norms; title: The capital Civcom dynamic; title: Conclusion.