Europeanization and the Making of the EU as a Security Actor
Learning, Differentiation and Change in European Defence Policy
1st Edition
Published on 9. June 2026
148 pages
978-1-040-46259-1 (ISBN)
Description
This book explains convergence and non-convergence to - as well as divergence from - EU policy with respect to broader Europeanization, showing how it varies considerably in outcome and form across time, policy dimensions and actors.
Examining three EU member states with different statuses and priorities, the book theorizes different levels of public policy at play, supported by extensive and original data. It compares the 'EU effect' with the effects of other security frameworks, including the UN and NATO, and - from a perspective of political sociology - argues that the state is best conceptualized as having several 'social selves' that are constituted by individual human actors, who act in particular contexts and who are impacted differently by external forces such as the EU.
This book is of key interest to scholars and students of EU foreign, security and defence policy, foreign policy analysis, political sociology, crisis management, migration, and more broadly EU studies, international relations, security and defence studies, and public policy.
Examining three EU member states with different statuses and priorities, the book theorizes different levels of public policy at play, supported by extensive and original data. It compares the 'EU effect' with the effects of other security frameworks, including the UN and NATO, and - from a perspective of political sociology - argues that the state is best conceptualized as having several 'social selves' that are constituted by individual human actors, who act in particular contexts and who are impacted differently by external forces such as the EU.
This book is of key interest to scholars and students of EU foreign, security and defence policy, foreign policy analysis, political sociology, crisis management, migration, and more broadly EU studies, international relations, security and defence studies, and public policy.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
8 Tables, black and white; 1 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white
File size
1,53 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-040-46259-1 (9781040462591)
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Christine Nissen
Europeanization and the Making of the EU as a Security Actor
Learning, Differentiation and Change in European Defence Policy
Book
06/2026
1st Edition
Routledge
€191.50
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Person
Christine Nissen is Chief Analyst at the Copenhagen-based think tank EUROPA and an associated researcher with the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR).
Content
1. Introduction 2. Explaining the Europeanization of Security and Defence Policy 3. Exploring the EU's Evolution as a Conflict Management Framework with Insights from Bosnia-Herzegovina: Shaping Peace 4. The Common Security and Defence Policy: From External to Internal Security Provider 5. The Ukraine-war 'moment' and the Future of EU Defence 6. Comparisons, Implications and Conclusions
