Title European defence decision-making : dilemmas of collaborative arms procurement / Antonio Calcara

Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020 ©2020

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 165 pages) Series Routledge studies in European security and strategy Studies in European security and strategy. Contents Explaining European defence-industrial cooperation : a theoretical framework -- Defence-industrial decision-making : France, Germany, Italy and the UK -- The NATO helicopter for the 90s -- The Eurofighter -- Airbus A400M -- Conclusions -- Annex Summary "This book comparatively examines the preferences of four key arms-producing states towards European joint armaments programmes. The European defence market is characterised by a mixture of inter-state competition and European cooperation, and this work assesses why countries sometimes decide to cooperate with their partners, while in other instances they refrain from doing so. In order to shed light on this empirical puzzle, the book focuses on state-defence industry relations in the four major European arms producers: France, Germany, Italy and the UK. The main argument is that the public or private governance of industrial suppliers and market size are the two decisive variables that explain the simultaneous presence of cooperation and competition in European defence procurement. Specifically, it argues that in public governance ecosystems, arms industries are able to 'capture' the state's decision-making processes to their own advantage. In private governance ecosystems, the state is relatively autonomous from defence industry's influence and able to pursue larger macro-economic and military benefits. Moreover, the strategy pursued by governments and defence firms is decisively shaped by market size because of its importance in determining the relative costs and benefits of collaborative arrangements. This book will be of much interest to students of EU policy, defence studies, European politics and International Relations"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Antonio Calcara is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at Luiss Guido Carli University, Italy, and Adjunct Professor at Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 10, 2020) Subject Defense industries -- Europe -- International cooperation National security -- European Union countries -- International cooperation Industrial policy -- European Union countries POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- International Security. HISTORY -- Europe -- General. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General. Armed Forces -- Appropriations and expenditures Armed Forces -- Procurement Defense industries -- International cooperation Industrial policy Military policy National security -- International cooperation SUBJECT European Union countries -- Military policy Europe -- Armed Forces -- Appropriations and expenditures Europe -- Armed Forces -- Procurement Subject Europe European Union countries Form Electronic book LC no. 2019050519 ISBN 9780367853792 0367853795 9781000039528 1000039528 9781000039269 1000039269 9781000039399 1000039390

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