This volume examines the underlying foundations on which the European Union's counter-terrorism and police co-operation policies have been built since the inception of the Treaty on European Union, questioning both the effectiveness and legitimacy of the EU's efforts in these two critically important security areas. Given the importance of such developments to the wider credibility of the EU as a security actor, this volume adopts a more structured analysis of key stages of the implementation process. These include the establishment of objectives, both at the wider level of internal security co-operation and in terms of both counter-terrorism and policing, particularly in relation to the European Police Office, the nature of information exchange and the 'value added' by legislative and operational developments at the European level. It also offers a more accurate appraisal of the official characterisation of the terrorist threat within the EU as a 'matter of common concern'. In doing so, not only does it raise important questions about the utility of the European level for organising internal security co-operation, but it also provides a more comprehensive assessment of the EU's activities throughout the lifetime of the Third Pillar, placing in a wider and more realistic context the EU's reaction to the events of 11 September 2001 and the greater prominence of Islamist terrorism. -- .
By:
David Brown
Other:
Bethan Hirst
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 1
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 23mm
Weight: 522g
ISBN: 9780719074646
ISBN 10: 0719074649
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 01 June 2010
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
,
Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
List of tables List of acronyms Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. A question of JHA objectives 3. A question of objectives – police co-operation and counter terrorism 4. A question of commonality 5. A question of credibility – legislation, agencies and the implementation gap 6. A question of credibility – information exchange 7. Looking back, looking forward Index -- .
David Brown is Lecturer in the Department of Defence and International Affairs at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
Reviews for The European Union, Counter Terrorism and Police Co–Operation, 1991–2007: Unsteady Foundations?
This is a clear, systematic and informative piece of analysis. -- .
