European Union security governance: putting the 'security' back in

The central aim of this article is to discuss the question of how we can understand and explain the European Union (EU) as a security actor - in essence, to elaborate on the current literature on security governance in order to provide a more theoretically driven analysis of the EU in security. Our...

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Published inEuropean security (London, England) Vol. 19; no. 3; pp. 341 - 359
Main Authors Christou, George, Croft, Stuart, Ceccorulli, Michela, Lucarelli, Sonia
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Taylor & Francis Group 01.09.2010
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
(in)securitisation
Conversation
Discourse
Europe
European Union
Governance
governmentality
International security
National security
Organization theory
Policy analysis
Political actors
Political theory
Regional security
securitisation
Security
security governance
Strategic planning
Studies
Europe
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Summary:The central aim of this article is to discuss the question of how we can understand and explain the European Union (EU) as a security actor - in essence, to elaborate on the current literature on security governance in order to provide a more theoretically driven analysis of the EU in security. Our contention is that whilst the current literature on security governance in Europe is conceptually rich, there still remains somewhat of a gap between those that do 'security governance' and those that focus on 'security' per se. We argue that a synergy or at least a conversation between these two literatures is required in order to enrich further the study of the EU as global-regional security actor.
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ISSN:0966-2839
1746-1545
DOI:10.1080/09662839.2010.526109