1st Edition

European Union Peacebuilding and Policing Governance and the European Security and Defence Policy

196 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

208 Pages
by Routledge

This new book provides an in-depth analysis of the projects of improvement carried out by the civilian peacebuilding missions in Bosnia and Macedonia, drawing on the work of Michel Foucault to make the case that the EU’s (self-) image as a model peacebuilder conceals another side of the European Security and Defence Policy. The authors explore the double-sided nature of peacebuilding missions,... Read more
1. Introduction  2. Power and Governmentality  3. The EU’s Peace Support Agenda: The Development of ESDP Policy Machinery, Capabilities and Styles of Thought  4. The EUPM in Bosnia  5. EUPOL Proxima in Macedonia  6. Power/Knowledge in ESDP Police Aid  7. Towards Peacebuilding Lite: A Limited Reform Agenda for ESDP Police Missions  8. Conclusion

Biography

Michael Merlingen, Rasa Ostrauskaite