'Security Re-Divided: The Distinctiveness of Policy-Making in ESDP and JHA'
Journal
Cooperation and Conflict
ISSN
0010-8367
ISSN-Digital
1460-3691
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2009-09-01
Author(s)
Weiss, Moritz
;
Dalferth, Simon
Abstract
In this article, we argue that the premature abolishment of the allegedly anachronistic concepts of internal versus external security is of doubtful heuristic value for the study of security practices. The two domains may gradually converge from the perspective of problems, but do so much less in terms of political practices. We show that security policy is pursued according to different systems of rules. It follows distinct institutional logics. We undertake a systematic comparison of policy-making in the European Union's Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) and Justice and Home Affairs (JHA). It is structured along the distinction between making and implementing an agreement as indicative stages of the policy-making process. First, rule-setting asks how decisions are made in the two domains: with or without the inclusion of external actors. Second, we explore whether the implementation of political decisions involves management or enforcement mechanisms. The empirical results are unambiguous: the political actors follow different systems of rules in the two domains. There are still ‘ideal-typical' differences in a Weberian sense. This implies that internal and external security may be closely linked, like the opposite sides of the same coin, but must be separated for the purpose of analytical clarity.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Sage Publ.
Publisher place
London [u.a.]
Volume
44
Number
3
Start page
268
End page
287
Pages
20
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
56395