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Book Review: Security in the New Europe , by Andrew Cottey. (Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2007)

Book Review: Security in the New Europe , by Andrew Cottey. (Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2007) Andrew Cottey, Security in the New Europe (Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2007), ISBN 978-1-4039-8649-8 (pbk), ISBN 978-1-4039-8648-1 (hbk), GBP 19.99 (pbk), GBP55 (hbk) xiii+258pp. Andrew Cottey's Security in the New Europe is a tightly focused and lucid account of some of the major challenges facing the European regional order at the start of the 21st century. While it does not offer a great deal of new empirical material or advance a coherent theoretical/analytical framework, it could be very useful as a teaching text on the subject of European security or as a primer for scholars wishing to develop some critical foundational knowledge in this area. The volume is organized into ten chapters. Chapter 1 is an overview chapter of `Security in the New Europe' and discusses the existence and importance of a European security community, which is the primary analytical argument offered by the book, although it is asserted throughout rather than tested rigorously. This security community, à la Karl Deutsch, involves a rejection of the use of force against community members and the use of highly institutionalized multilateral frameworks, such as the EU and NATO, to manage common problems. Chapter 2 concerns `The New Global Security Agenda' and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png European Foreign Affairs Review Kluwer Law International

Book Review: Security in the New Europe , by Andrew Cottey. (Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2007)

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European Foreign Affairs Review , Volume 13 (4) – Dec 1, 2008
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Andrew Cottey, Security in the New Europe (Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2007), ISBN 978-1-4039-8649-8 (pbk), ISBN 978-1-4039-8648-1 (hbk), GBP 19.99 (pbk), GBP55 (hbk) xiii+258pp. Andrew Cottey's Security in the New Europe is a tightly focused and lucid account of some of the major challenges facing the European regional order at the start of the 21st century. While it does not offer a great deal of new empirical material or advance a coherent theoretical/analytical framework, it could be very useful as a teaching text on the subject of European security or as a primer for scholars wishing to develop some critical foundational knowledge in this area. The volume is organized into ten chapters. Chapter 1 is an overview chapter of `Security in the New Europe' and discusses the existence and importance of a European security community, which is the primary analytical argument offered by the book, although it is asserted throughout rather than tested rigorously. This security community, à la Karl Deutsch, involves a rejection of the use of force against community members and the use of highly institutionalized multilateral frameworks, such as the EU and NATO, to manage common problems. Chapter 2 concerns `The New Global Security Agenda' and

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Published: Dec 1, 2008

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