International Crisis Management: The Approach of European StatesOver 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. |
Contents
Changing the rules | |
Denmark and Norway | |
The dominant parliament | |
National preconditions and multinational action | |
The relation between government and Parliament | |
the review framework of the Netherlands | |
Notes | |
Bibliography | |
The dominant government | |
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International Crisis Management: The Approach of European States Marc Houben No preview available - 2005 |
International Crisis Management: The Approach of European States Marc Houben No preview available - 2012 |
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