EU Security Governance: Putting the ‘Security’ Back In

Pages: 
30
Item Reference: 
EU-GRASP Working Paper 22
Publication Date: 
2010
Publication Place: 
Bruges
Publication Language: 
EN
Publisher: 
UNU-CRIS
Working Paper Type: 
Abstract: 

The central aim of this paper is to discuss the question of how we can understand and explain the EU as a security actor - in essence, to elaborate on the current literature on security governance in order to provide a more theoretically driven analysis of the EU in security. Our contention is that whilst the current literature on security governance in Europe is conceptually rich, there still remains somewhat of a gap between those that do 'security governance' and those that focus on 'security' per se. We argue that a synergy or at least a conversation between these two literatures is required in order to enrich further the study of the EU as global-regional actor in peace and security.