Webber, Mark, Croft, Stuart, Howorth, Jolyon, Terriff, Terry and Krahmann, Elke (2004) The governance of European security. Review of International Studies, Vol.30 (No.1). pp. 3-26. doi:10.1017/S0260210504005807

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Abstract

This article seeks to develop a concept of ‘security governance’ in the context of post-Cold War Europe. The validity of a governance approach lies in its ability to locate some of the distinctive ways in which European security has been coordinated, managed and regulated. Based on an examination of the way governance is utilised in other political fields of political analysis, the article identifies the concept of security governance as involving the coordinated management and regulation of issues by multiple and separate authorities, the interventions of both public and private actors (depending upon the issue), formal and informal arrangements, in turn structured by discourse and norms, and purposefully directed toward particular policy outcomes. Three issues are examined to demonstrate the utility of the concept of security governance for understanding security in post-Cold War Europe: the transformation of NATO, the Europeanisation of security accomplished through EU-led initiatives and, finally, the resultant dynamic relationship between forms of exclusion and inclusion in governance.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	J Political Science > JZ International relations D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D839 Post-war History, 1945 on
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Security, International -- Europe, International organization, International relations, Europe -- Foreign relations -- 1989-
Journal or Publication Title:	Review of International Studies
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
ISSN:	0260-2105
Official Date:	January 2004
Dates:	Date Event January 2004 Published
Volume:	Vol.30
Number:	No.1
Page Range:	pp. 3-26
DOI:	10.1017/S0260210504005807
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access
Funder:	Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC)
Grant number:	L213252008 (ESRC)

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