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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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: Monograph

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