ISBN: 9780815327929 - redefining european security (contemporary issues in european politics, volume 4) (9 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. Overall very good condition. Redefining European Security is a collection of essays concerned with changing perspectives on peace and political stability in Europe since the end of the Cold War, in both the hard security terms of military capacity and readiness and in the realm of soft security concerns of economic stability and democratic reform. European governments, the European Union, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization are dealing with the fundamental problem of determining the very parameters of Europe, politically, economically, and institutionally. This book defines security as the efforts undertaken by national governments and multilateral institutions, beginning with the end of the Cold War and the reunification of Germany, to continue to protect European populations from acts of war and politically-motivated violence in light of the dissolution of the imminent political threat posed to Western Europe by the Soviet Union, 1945-1991 Together these essays assess the progress made in Europe toward preventing conflict, as well as in ending conflict when it occurs, after the abrupt passing of a situation in which the source and nature of a conflict were highly predictable and the emergence of new circumstances in which potential security threats are multiple, variable, and difficult to measure. Contemporary Europe is a mixture of old and new, of arrested and accelerated history. Europe's governments and institutions have been only partly successful in meeting new security challenges, to a high degree because of failing unity and political will. Yesterday, Europe only just avoided perishing from imperial follies and frenzied ideologies, wrote the late Raymond Aron in 1976, she could perish tomorrow through historical abdication.…

Softcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: N/A. xviii, 372pp. Pictorial light card covers. 8vo. Lender applied self-adhesive semi-rigid plastic cover protection. Light chipping to edges and wear to covers. Some slight signed of use to text block edges. Lender's stamps and markings inside front cover, copyright and last pages. Internally, neat, clean, bright and tight.…

Zustand: Good. Volume 4. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:9780815327929.

Zustand: Good. Volume 4. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:9780815327929.

Zustand: Good. Volume 4. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,650grams, ISBN:9780815327929.

paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Secondhand. Book covers have light shelf wear. Clean pages. Very good book.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. This book discusses changing perspectives on peace and political stability in Europe since the end of the Cold War, in both 'hard' and 'soft' security terms. Series: Contemporary Issues in European Politics. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; GTJ; JPA; JPSN2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 532. . 1999. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 372 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.