The Democratic Quality of European Security and Defence Policy: Between Practices of Governance and Practices of Freedom (Critical European Studies)

Due To The Increase Of Security Challenges In The Proximity Of Europe, The Prominence Of The Eu's Common Security And Defence Policy (csdp) Has Augmented. This Book Is A Systematic Effort To Empirically Approach The Democratic Deficit Of Csdp, To Understand Its Social Construction And Propose Ways To Remedy It. The Book Uses Foucault's Approach Of Governmentality To Unravel The Social Construction Of This Deficit And To Illuminate The Power Relations Between The Different Actors Participating In Csdp Governance And The Constraints Upon Them. Finally, Applying The Normative Reading Of Agonistic Democracy, The Author Suggests Concrete Ways For Eu Citizens To Have A Say In The Political Choices Of Statesmanship In Csdp Governance. The Democratic Quality Of European Security And Defence Policy Will Be Of Key Interest To Scholars, Students And Practitioners Of Eu Foreign And Security Policy And More Broadly Of European Governance, European Politics And Democracy.-- Evangelos Fanoulis. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Lists of figures -- List of tables -- Foreword -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- What exactly is Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP)? -- Key parameters, research questions, the argument and its justification -- On EU democratic legitimacy -- On using Foucauldian political philosophy and an agonistic approach to democracy -- Additional clarifications about method and theory -- Structure of the book -- Part I The democratic quality of EU security and defence: empirical assessment -- 1 Framing and contextualising the democratic legitimacy of CSDP -- Contested decisions related to EU security and defence -- A breakdown of CSDP's legitimacy by means of philosophical equations -- 2 A qualitative investigation of CSDP's legitimacy -- The research -- Willingness of policy-makers to involve EU citizenry in CSDP governance -- Willingness of EU citizens to have a say in CSDP governance -- Remarks from the discussion on legitimacy and from the empirical research -- Part II The democratic deficit of CSDP: social construction -- 3 Practices of governance: policy design -- Introduction -- Governmentality and practices of governance -- The flow of governmental power among the official makers of CSDP -- CSOs: beyond the grasp of governmentality? -- The role of political agency in the social construction of the democratic deficit of CSDP governance -- 4 Practices of governance: public dissemination -- Back to Foucault -- Dissemination of knowledge about CSDP: EU public diplomacy as a source of parrhesia? -- CSOs as parrhesiasts? -- Citizens' distrust in EU institutions: an alternative form of parrhesia? -- Final remarks on CSDP's public dissemination -- Part III From CSDP's democratic deficit to a more integrated EU polity La p. de garde indique : "Due to the increase of security challenges in the proximity of Europe, the prominence of the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) has augmented. This book is a systematic effort to empirically approach the democratic deficit of CSDP, to understand its social construction and propose ways to remedy it. The book uses Foucault's approach of governmentality to unravel the social construction of this deficit and to illuminate the power relations between the different actors participating in CSDP governance and the constraints upon them. Finally, applying the normative reading of agonistic democracy, the author suggests concrete ways for EU citizens to have a say in the political choices of statesmanship in CSDP governance. The Democratic Quality of European Security and Defence Policy will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners of EU foreign and security policy and more broadly of European governance, European Politics and democracy." Due to the increase of security challenges in the proximity of Europe, the prominence of the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) has augmented. This book is a systematic effort to empirically approach the democratic deficit of CSDP, to understand its social construction and propose ways to remedy it. The book uses Foucault's approach of governmentality to unravel the social construction of this deficit and to illuminate the power relations between the different actors participating in CSDP governance and the constraints upon them. Finally, applying the normative reading of agonistic democracy, the author suggests concrete ways for EU citizens to have a say in the political choices of statesmanship in CSDP governance. The Democratic Quality of European Security and Defence Policy will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners of EU foreign and security policy and more broadly of European governance, European Politics and democracy.-- Provided by Publisher 5 Practices of freedom: citizen participation in CSDP governance -- From practices of governance to practices of freedom and the normative shift in CSDP governance -- Direct and indirect civic engagement in the making of CSDP -- Conclusion: democratisation of CSDP and European integration -- Constitutional patriotism and European integration -- The emergence of EUropean agonistic solidarity -- Appendix A: interviewees -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Bibliography -- Index