Intro -- International Crisis Management The approach of European states -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Preface and acknowledgments -- List of abbreviations -- Declaring war -- Part I Problem definition and framework of analysis -- 1 Introduction and plan of the book -- 1.1 The double political problem of international crisis management -- 1.2 Preconditions versus 'criteria for intervention' -- 1.3 Research questions and methodology -- 1.4 Defining the key terms: ambiguities and conundrums -- 2 Elements of change -- 2.1 The twin processes of normalisation and domestication -- 2.2 The process and principles of self-organisation -- 2.3 On the nature of the crisis -- 3 Three propositions -- 3.1 States are sovereign but only marginally free -- 3.2 The imperative of cooperation -- 3.3 All states are constrained -- Part II The case studies: a comparative analysis -- 4 Changing the rules: Belgium and the Netherlands -- 4.1 Belgium -- 4.2 The Netherlands -- 4.3 Concluding remarks -- 5 The imperative of consensus: Denmark and Norway -- 5.1 Denmark -- 5.2 Norway -- 5.3 Concluding remarks -- 6 The dominant government: the United Kingdom, France and Spain -- 6.1 The United Kingdom -- 6.2 France -- 6.3 Spain -- 6.4 Concluding remarks -- 7 The dominant parliament: Germany and Italy -- 7.1 Germany -- 7.2 Italy -- 7.3 Concluding remarks -- Part III Comparative analysis and conclusions -- 8 National preconditions and multinational action -- 8.1 Nature and characteristics of the national decision-making process -- 8.2 Do participation decisions fit a general pattern? -- 8.3 How and why do states impose preconditions on their participation? -- 8.4 National preconditions and the consequences for multinational action -- 9 The relation between government and Parliament -- 9.1 Binding the government.

9.2 Obtaining and sustaining political support -- 9.3 Does the national decision-making process improve if preconditions are formalised? -- 9.4 Parliamentary scrutiny and evaluation -- 9.5 Parliament as a democratic learning mechanism -- Annex the review framework of the Netherlands -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Over the past fifty years, crisis management has become essential to achieving and maintaining national security. This book offers a comparative analysis of the preconditions and constraints nine European states place on their participation in international crisis management operations and the important consequences of such decisions, and provides a theoretical framework to help the reader understand this complex decision-making process.

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