Many current threats to security arising from terrorism, 'rogue'
states and civil wars are highly complex and often transnational in
nature and effect. Such threats can no longer be meaningfully
addressed at the national level alone but require an international
response. Since the end of the Cold War, the use of force under
international auspices (UN, NATO, EU) has increased substantially.
However, such actions have not necessarily been accompanied by
improvements in their democratic accountability. Pre-existing problems
and inadequacies of parliamentary oversight of armed forces and use of
force at the national level of many democratic states are mirrored,
and even magnified, at the international level. The effect of
imperfect democratic controls at the national level and the challenges
to provide transparent and accountable multilateral responses results
in the so-called double democratic deficit of the international use of
force. Each chapter in this innovative work analyses the challenges of
parliamentary and democratic supervision of international security
structures and puts forward proposals on how to improve democratic
accountability of multinational responses to complex security
challenges.
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ISBN
9781351147101
Publisert
2017
Utgave
1. utgave
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Vendor
Routledge
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok
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