The Security Governance of Regional Organizations

ISBN-13: 9780415782364 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 368 str.

Emil Kirchner;Roberto Dominguez

Opis

There has been an increasing international presence and activism of non-state actors, working along nation states, such as regional organizations. However, different regional organizations have different historical experiences or geopolitical implications, and have developed different goals, strategies and rationales to deal with regional and international threats. This work seeks to examine and compare the contributions and limitations of the main regional organizations to the construction of international security governance. This volume introduces the concept of security governance to analyze the performance of ten regional organizations. It asks what lessons can be derived from previous experiences policies of these ten organizations, and what mechanisms or methods of governance might be usefully applied to other regional organizations, or for the broader global order. It also asks what the measures and conditions of success will be, as well as what problems or challenges need to be overcome.

Recenzje

"By examining the history of security governance, The Security Governance of Regional Organizations contributes to the reconceptualization of security governance, which argues that different organizational practices produce different preferences for corresponding security dimensions and assesses whether the regional organizations examined are effective security providers. This collection is a well-written and valuable contribution both to the study of international relations and to the study of security governance." - KAI CHEN, College of Public Administration, Zhejiang University, China

Spis treści

1. Regional Organizations and Security Emil J. Kirchner and Roberto Dominguez  Part 1: Transatlantic Area  2. The EU as a Regional and Global Security Provider Emil J. Kirchner  3. Security Governance in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Roberto Dominguez  4. The OSCE as a Regional Security Actor: A Security Governance Perspective Nuray Ibryamova  Part 2: Western Hemisphere  5. Regional Security Governance in the Americas: The OAS Alejandro Chanona  6. The Caribbean Community's 'Fourth Pillar': The Evolution of Regional Security Governance Jessica Byron  7. Understanding the Complexities of Security Governance in the Andean Region Aimee Kanner Arias  8. MERCOSUR's Incipient Security Governance Andrea Oelsner  Part 3: Asia and Africa  9. Lessons from the ASEAN Regional Forum: Transcending the Image of Paper Tiger Katja Weber  10. The Shanghai Framwork and Central Asia: Chop-suey Governance? Imtiaz Hussain  11. The African Union and the Quest for Security Governance in Africa Olufemi Babarinde  Conclusion  12. Performance of Regional Organizations in Security Governance Emil J. Kirchner and Roberto Dominguez  

O autorze

Emil J. Kirchner is Professor of European Studies and Jean Monnet Chair at the University of Essex. He is also Associate Editor of the Journal of European Integration.

Roberto Domínguez is Associate Professor in the Department of Government at Suffolk University, Boston. He is a research associate at the Miami European Union Center and was editor of the Journal Relaciones Internacionales (UNAM, Mexico).