The Political Economy European Security Kaija Schilde Hardcover 9781107198432

Name: The Political Economy European Security Kaija Schilde Hardcover 9781107198432
Brand: Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press

The Political Economy of European SecurityAuthor(s): Kaija Schilde\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781107198432, 978-1107198432\nSynopsis\nWhat is the relationship between private actors and international institutions in global governance, as institutions such as the EU develop aspects of political authority once in the sole domain of nation states? Important areas of recent EU development have been immigration, security, and defense policies. Are these EU policies the result of strategic imperatives, or are they also driven by the political economy of markets? Kaija Schilde argues that answers require evaluating the EU in the comparative tradition of the political development of authority. Drawing on industry documents, interviews, interest group data, an original survey, and comparative political theory, The Political Economy of European Security demonstrates that interest groups can change the.