Title European security in NATO's shadow : party ideologies and institution building / Stephanie C. Hofmann

Published Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (278 pages) Contents Cover; European Security in NATO's Shadow; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; European security cooperation; The argument: political parties and institutional overlap; Alternative explanations; Claims and contributions; Plan of the book; 2 Political party ideologies and security cooperation; Political ideologies; Defining and mapping political ideologies; Political ideologies and security cooperation; Interpreters of values: political parties and party factions; Political parties, policies and policy change; Parties and ideologies Parties and ideologiesFactions, ideological emphasis and policy redirection; Factions, ideological emphasis and policy redirection; The lack of strong representational linkages; Security ideology and vested interests; Security ideology and vested interests; Security ideology and the electorate; Security ideology and the electorate; 3 The success and failure of European security cooperation; The causal logic; Party ideologies and the national interest; Straightforward translation of ideology into policy; Straightforward translation of ideology into policy Coalitions and ideological compromisesCoalitions and ideological compromises; Power-sharing and possible ideological compromises; Power-sharing and possible ideological compromises; Bureaucracy on a leash; Bureaucracy on a leash; International ideological configurations; Veto players, salience and trade-offs; The theoretical lens: domestic and ideational variables and Europe; Ideational variables and the domestic-international nexus; European security cooperation, institutions and junctures; Alternative explanations; Partisan values: the left-right dimension Rational choice institutionalism: overcoming the barriers to Pareto efficiencyRealism: power aggregation and soft-balancing; Research method and operationalization of key variables; Degree of ideological congruence; Partisan values; Nature of the cooperation problem; Power; Institutional robustness; Research design and case selection; 4 The end of the Cold War and the Maastricht Treaty; Confronting uncertainty after the fall of the Berlin Wall; Political parties in Europe; The United Kingdom: Euroskeptics in power; The Conservative Party: European realists The Conservative Party: European realistsThe Labour Party: peace and stability; The Labour Party: peace and stability; France: the Socialist reign; Socialists: Europe first; Socialists: Europe first; RPR: national sovereignty first; RPR: national sovereignty first; Germany: in favor of multilateralism; CDU/CSU: Europe first; CDU/CSU: Europe first; FDP: Europe and multilateralism; FDP: Europe and multilateralism; The CDU/CSU and FDP coalition government; SPD: multilateralism, above all; The CDU/CSU and FDP coalition government; SPD: multilateralism, above all; The Greens: peaceful cooperation Summary "NATO has been a successful forum for managing European security policy. Yet European governments have repeatedly tried to build a new security institution in NATO's shadow. In this innovative book, Stephanie C. Hofmann asks why governments attempted to create an additional institution despite no obvious functional necessity and why some attempts failed while others succeeded. European Security in NATO's Shadow considers security cooperation through the lens of party ideologies to shed new light on these questions. She observes that political parties are motivated to propose new institutions by their multidimensional ideologies. Moreover, the success of efforts to create such institutions depends on the degree of ideological congruence among parties in power. In particular, the relationship between the values of multilateralism, sovereignty and Europe informed the impetus and success rate of the attempts made during negotiations for the Maastricht, Amsterdam and Nice treaties to create a European security institution"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject North Atlantic Treaty Organization SUBJECT North Atlantic Treaty Organization fast Subject National security -- Europe POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General. HISTORY -- Military -- Other. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science. National security Politics and government SUBJECT Europe -- Politics and government -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045750 Subject Europe Form Electronic book ISBN 9781139616539 1139616536 9781139612814 1139612816 9781139625838 1139625837 9781139245920 1139245929 1283870622 9781283870627 1139609181 9781139609180 9781107521742 1107521742

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