European Agents out of Control?: Delegation and Agency in the Civil-Military Crisis Management of the European Union 1999-2008

Dr. Nadia Klein M.A.

doi:10.5771/9783845222653

Summary

Die Europäische Kommission und das Generalsekretariat des Rates der EU haben maßgeblichen Einfluss auf Formulierung und Umsetzung des europäischen Krisenmanagements – so lautet die zentrale Aussage dieses Buches. Auf Grundlage empirischer Daten der Jahre 1999 bis 2008 widerlegt die Studie damit die gängige Annahme von der ausschließlichen Entscheidungshoheit der EU-Mitgliedstaaten in außenpolitischen Fragen. Vielmehr verfolgen die Kommission und in zunehmendem Maße auch das Generalsekretariat unter Leitung des Hohen Repräsentanten für die Gemeinsame Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik im Krisenmanagement erfolgreich eigenständige Präferenzen. Das Buch zeigt in Fallstudien zum EU-Krisenmanagement in Mazedonien und Bosnien-Herzegowina typische Konflikte auf, die dadurch mit den EU-Mitgliedstaaten ("vertikale Kontrolle") sowie zwischen den Institutionen ("horizontale Kontrolle") entstehen. Dabei greift die Autorin auf Konzepte der Principal-Agent-Forschung zurück und überträgt diese erstmals auf das Feld der europäischen Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik.

Dr. Nadia Klein ist wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Jean-Monnet-Lehrstuhl für Politische Wissenschaft an der Universität zu Köln.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2010
Copyright year: 2010
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8329-5054-5
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-2265-3
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Studies on the European Union
Volume: 2
Language: English
Pages: 189
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 2 - 10 Nadia Klein
List of Figures and Tables No access Pages 11 - 12 Nadia Klein
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms No access Pages 13 - 15 Nadia Klein
List of Annexes No access Pages 16 - 16 Nadia Klein
1. Relevance: The impact of EU agents on the Union's civil-military crisis management policy No access Pages 17 - 20 Nadia Klein
2. State of research: The double lack of concepts No access Pages 20 - 22 Nadia Klein
3. Research design: Aims, hypotheses and proceeding No access Pages 22 - 23 Nadia Klein
4. Methodology No access Pages 23 - 25 Nadia Klein
1. 1. A functional understanding of delegation No access Pages 26 - 31 Nadia Klein
  2. The collective principal No access Pages 31 - 34 Nadia Klein
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    1. The unitary-actor assumption No access Nadia Klein
    2. Two distinct sets of organisational preferences No access Nadia Klein
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    1. Monitoring No access Nadia Klein
    2. Sanctioning No access Nadia Klein
2. Horizontal control: Conceptualising agent-agent relationships in EU crisis management No access Pages 43 - 46 Nadia Klein
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    1. The selection of crises No access Nadia Klein
    2. Three types of agenda-setting powers No access Nadia Klein
  2. Operational planning and management No access Pages 51 - 54 Nadia Klein
  3. External Representation No access Pages 54 - 55 Nadia Klein
4. Operationalising vertical and horizontal control No access Pages 55 - 63 Nadia Klein
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    1. The beginnings of EU crisis management No access Nadia Klein
    2. The European Security Strategy No access Nadia Klein
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      1. The collective principal I: The European Council No access Nadia Klein
      2. The collective principal II: The main instances of the Council machinery No access Nadia Klein
      3. The agent structure on the side of the Council General Secretariat No access Nadia Klein
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      1. The agent structure on the side of the European Commission No access Nadia Klein
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      1. The principle of Civil-Military Co-ordination No access Nadia Klein
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      1. ESDP missions: The planning No access Nadia Klein
      2. ESDP missions: The search for operational resources No access Nadia Klein
      3. European Community crisis management and comitology procedures No access Nadia Klein
      4. The Instrument for Stability No access Nadia Klein
    3. Implementation procedures No access Nadia Klein
    4. Reporting and evaluation procedures No access Nadia Klein
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    1. The two EU concepts on security sector reform No access Nadia Klein
  2. The institutional set-up: Preferences No access Pages 109 - 110 Nadia Klein
  3. Specific crises and missions: Preferences No access Pages 110 - 111 Nadia Klein
  4. Interim conclusion and review of the unitary-actor assumption No access Pages 111 - 112 Nadia Klein
3. 1. The conceptual basis: Preferences No access Pages 112 - 115 Nadia Klein
  2. The institutional set-up: Preferences No access Pages 115 - 116 Nadia Klein
  3. Interim conclusion and review of the unitary-actor assumption No access Pages 116 - 117 Nadia Klein
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    1. FYROM-EU relations after the Ohrid Peace Agreement (2001) No access Nadia Klein
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      1. The EU military operation CONCORDIA (2003) No access Nadia Klein
      2. The EU police mission PROXIMA (2003–2005) No access Nadia Klein
      3. Overhauling PROXIMA (2004) No access Nadia Klein
      4. The EU Police Advisory Team (EUPAT) (December 2005–June 2006) and the establishment of the doublehatted EUSR/Head of Delegation No access Nadia Klein
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      1. The European Commission Justice and Home Affairs Team (ECJHAT) (2002–2003) No access Nadia Klein
      2. The European Commission Police Reform Project (ECPRP) (June 2004–September 2005) No access Nadia Klein
      3. The Twinning Project in the Ministry of Interior (2005–2007) and the European Commission Field Monitoring Project (since 2006) No access Nadia Klein
    4. Interim conclusion No access Nadia Klein
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      1. The Dayton Agreement: Creating peace by fostering ethnic divisions No access Nadia Klein
      2. The EU and the long way to a Stabilisation and Association Agreement with BiH No access Nadia Klein
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      1. The establishment of the EU Police Mission (EUPM) in 2003 No access Nadia Klein
      2. The three guiding principles for police reform in BiH No access Nadia Klein
      3. The institutional set-up of EU crisis management: The case of non-pooling in BiH No access Nadia Klein
      4. The establishment of the EU military operation EUFOR ALTHEA in 2004 and the fight against organised crime No access Nadia Klein
    3. The European Community assistance No access Nadia Klein
    4. Interim conclusion No access Nadia Klein
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    1. Agenda management No access Nadia Klein
    2. Operational planning and management No access Nadia Klein
    3. External representation No access Nadia Klein
    4. Overall assessment on the level of delegated authority No access Nadia Klein
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    1. Agenda management No access Nadia Klein
    2. Operational planning and management No access Nadia Klein
    3. External representation No access Nadia Klein
    4. Overall assessment on the level of delegated authority No access Nadia Klein
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    1. The Council General Secretariat No access Nadia Klein
    2. The European Commission No access Nadia Klein
  2. Horizontal control No access Pages 164 - 165 Nadia Klein
Conclusion No access Pages 166 - 168 Nadia Klein
Annexes No access Pages 169 - 174 Nadia Klein
Bibliography No access Pages 175 - 189 Nadia Klein