附註:"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction and plan of the book -- The double political problem of international crisis management -- Preconditions versus 'criteria for intervention' -- Research questions and methodology -- Defining the key terms: ambiguities and conundrums -- Elements of change -- The twin processes of normalisation and domestication -- Process and principles of self-organisation -- On the nature of the crisis -- Three propositions -- States are sovereign, only marginally free -- The imperative of cooperation -- All states are constrained -- The case studies: a comparative analysis -- Changing the rules: Belgium and the Netherlands -- Belgium -- The Netherlands -- Concluding remarks -- The imperative of consensus: Denmark and Norway -- Denmark -- Norway -- Concluding remarks -- The dominant government: the United Kingdom, France and Spain -- The United Kingdom -- France -- Spain -- Concluding remarks -- The dominant parliament: Germany and Italy -- Germany -- Italy -- Concluding remarks -- Comparative analysis and conclusions -- National preconditions and multinational action Nature and characteristics of the national decision-making process -- Do participation decisions fit a general pattern? -- How and why do governments precondition their participation? -- What are the consequences for multinational action? -- The relation between government and parliament -- Binding the government -- Obtaining and sustaining domestic support -- Does national decision-making improve if preconditions are formalised? -- Parliamentary scrutiny and evaluation -- Parliament as a democratic learning mechanism -- Annex.: The review framework of the Netherlands.
摘要:Over the past fifty years, crisis management has become essential to achieving and maintaining national security. This book offers a comparative analysis of the preconditions and constraints nine European states place on their participation in international crisis management operations and the important consequences of such decisions, and provides a theoretical framework to help the reader understand this complex decision-making process.
