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The power of informality : European Union’s engagement with non-state actors in Common Security and Defence Policy
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Shapovalova, Natalia (2016) The power of informality : European Union’s engagement with non-state actors in Common Security and Defence Policy. European Security, 25 (3). pp. 326-345. doi:10.1080/09662839.2016.1193487 ISSN 0966-2839.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09662839.2016.1193487
Abstract
This article examines the little explored issue of non-state actor (NSA) participation in the European Union’s (EU) Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). Despite the fact that NGOs and civil society are shielded from formal access to CSDP, EU staff in both Brussels and the missions engage with them informally. Drawing on interviews with policy-makers and NSA representatives, the article analyses the practices of the EU in its engagement with NSAs, focusing on civilian missions in Georgia and Palestine. It shows that such engagement is more intense during implementation at the level of CSDP missions rather than during policy-making in Brussels. It argues that a combination of rational choice-based (functional needs of policy-makers and intensity of NSA advocacy) and constructivist (organisational and individual cultures) explanations helps us better understand why CSDP structures open up to NSAs. The article contributes to the nascent academic and policy debate on EU–civil society cooperation in CSDP and, more broadly, to the studies of informal governance in the EU and NSA participation in international organisations.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | J Political Science > JZ International relations | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | European Union countries -- Foreign relations -- 21st century, Georgia, Palestine | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | European Security | ||||||||
Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0966-2839 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 14 June 2016 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 25 | ||||||||
Number: | 3 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 326-345 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/09662839.2016.1193487 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 8 September 2016 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 14 January 2018 |
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