Securing Europe - European Security in an American Epoch

Securing Europe takes a novel approach to Europeanization among EU member states by employing a sociological institutionalist approach. Watanabe argues that Europeanization as a process of change takes place not as a result of rationally calculating states, but because of the reworking of perceptual and normative frameworks. In this book, Lisa Watanabe attempts to contribute to a better understanding of the integration process in the European security field. She explores which actors play an important role in transforming policy spheres that are central to state sovereignty, in an effort to discern the manner in which their institutional embeddedness has contributed to altering the politics of security within the EU. She then examines the impact that developments in the security realm have on the EU-US security relationship.

Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction A Sociological Institutionalist Approach to Europeanization The European Security and Defence Policy Justice and Home Affairs post-September 11 The Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe Conclusion: Socio-Functional Europeanization Notes