Transaction costs and security institutions : unravelling the ESDP / Moritz Weiss.
| Author/creator | Weiss, Moritz |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. |
| Description | xv, 269 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Series | Transformations of the state Transformations of the state. ^A759265 |
| Contents | Machine generated contents note: -- PART I: PREFERENCES, SECURITY INSTITUTIONS AND TRANSACTION COSTS IN WORLD POLITICS -- Introduction -- Theorising Preference Formation for Institution-Building in European Security -- Transaction Costs and Security Institutions -- PART II: UNRAVELLING THE EUROPEAN SECURITY AND DEFENCE POLICY (EDSP) -- The Demand for a Security Institution: German, British and French Perceptions of the Environment in the 1990s -- Germany -- From Defending the Alliance's Territory To Crisis Management for the Union -- Great Britain -- From Opposing the Union towards a Subordinated ESDP -- France -- From Gradual WEU Integration to Full-Scale ESDP -- Germany: An Incrementally Decreasing Willingness to Bind the Country -- Great Britain -- From No EU Security Policy To a Purely Intergovernmental ESDP -- France -- A Consistently Intergovernmental Approach towards ESDP -- PART III: TRANSACTION COSTS AND SECURITY INSTITUTIONS: ESDP UNRAVELLED -- Alternative Explanations and Theoretical Scope of the Transaction Costs Framework -- Conclusion -- Theory-Development in the European Security and Defence Policy. |
| Abstract | "Examines international cooperation in European security from a transaction cost economics perspective. This book addresses the puzzle of how to approach differing institutional preferences. It argues that the reduction and limitation of transaction costs was the primary determinant of security preferences"-- Provided by publisher. |
| General note | "CRC 597."--T.p. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-261) and index. |
| LCCN | 2011002021 |
| ISBN | 9780230280120 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 0230280129 (hardback) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | UA646 .W333 2011 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |