International crisis management
Subtitle: the approach of European states
By: Marc Houben.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
Subjects: National security -- Europe, Western.; Administrative procedure -- Europe, Western.; International relations.; Crisis management.; Europe, Western -- Foreign relations -- 1989-; Europe, Western -- Foreign relations -- Decision making.; Europe, Western -- Politics and government.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge."
Table of contents: title: Introduction and plan of the book; title: The double political problem of international crisis management; title: Preconditions versus 'criteria for intervention'; title: Research questions and methodology; title: Defining the key terms: ambiguities and conundrums; title: Elements of change; title: The twin processes of normalisation and domestication; title: Process and principles of self-organisation; title: On the nature of the crisis; title: Three propositions; title: States are sovereign, only marginally free; title: The imperative of cooperation; title: All states are constrained; title: The case studies: a comparative analysis; title: Changing the rules: Belgium and the Netherlands; title: Belgium; title: The Netherlands; title: Concluding remarks; title: The imperative of consensus: Denmark and Norway; title: Denmark; title: Norway; title: Concluding remarks; title: The dominant government: the United Kingdom, France and Spain; title: The United Kingdom; title: France; title: Spain; title: Concluding remarks; title: The dominant parliament: Germany and Italy; title: Germany; title: Italy; title: Concluding remarks; title: Comparative analysis and conclusions; title: National preconditions and multinational action Nature and characteristics of the national decision-making process; title: Do participation decisions fit a general pattern?; title: How and why do governments precondition their participation?; title: What are the consequences for multinational action?; title: The relation between government and parliament; title: Binding the government; title: Obtaining and sustaining domestic support; title: Does national decision-making improve if preconditions are formalised?; title: Parliamentary scrutiny and evaluation; title: Parliament as a democratic learning mechanism; title: Annex.: The review framework of the Netherlands.