The European Union and National Defence Policy

Jolyon Howorth · Anand Menon

Aug 2005 · Routledge

About this ebook

Filling a surprising gap in existing studies, this book addresses many of the unanswered questions surrounding the role of european integration in shaping national defence policy. The impressive array of contributors consider the pressures on state policy emanating from the process of integration. The book is divided into three distinct parts: * an outline of the tortuous history of attempts to link defence with European integration
* a study of the four larger member states - France, Germany, Italy and the UK as well as a chapter on The Netherlands;
* an analysis of the effects of the nuclear weapons and arms procurement policies. This, the second book in The State and the European Union series, sheds light on an increasingly important and topical aspect of contemporary European security and will be essential reading for those studying European Politics, Public Policy and International Relations.

About the author

Jolyon Howorth is Professor of French Civilisation and Jean Monnet Professor of European Political Union at the University of Bath. He previously held appointments at the Universities of Paris, Wisconsin, Aston and Harvard. Anand Menon is lecturer in the Politics of European Integration at the Oxford University Centre for European Politics, Economics and Society.