European Foreign and Security Policy : : States. Power, Institutions / / Catherine Gegout.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Gegout, Catherine,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Language: English
• Series: European Union Studies
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Deciding Foreign and Security Policy in the European Union: A Brief Account of CFSP -- Part One: CFSP - Theory and Practice -- 1. Foundations for 'Constrained Intergovernmentalism': A New Theoretical Approach -- 2. CFSP: The Machinery of Decision-Making -- Part Two: Case Studies in CFSP - The Mechanism in Action -- 3. A Pure CFSP Case: The Condemnation of China's Human Rights Policy (1997-2005) -- 4. A CFSP-EC Case: Sanctions against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Spring 2000) -- 5. A CFSP-ESDP Case: Institutional Relations with NATO (1998-2008) -- Part Three: The Unexpected Actors in the CFSP System -- 6. The United States: Partial Bandwagoning -- 7. The European Commission: Modes of Intervention and Control in CFSP -- Conclusion: 'Constrained Intergovernmentalism': A More Complete Theorization of the CFSP System -- Appendix: Situating 'Constrained Intergovernmentalism' in the Literature on European Foreign Policy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index