| A Thorn in Transatlantic Relations: American and European Perceptions of Threat and Security 2013 Edition Contributor(s): Hampton, M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1349465577 ISBN-13: 9781349465576 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Democracy - Political Science | International Relations - General - Political Science | American Government - National |
| Dewey: 327.730 |
| Series: Governance, Security and Development |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.57 lbs) 206 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Americans and Europeans perceive threat differently. Americans remain more religious than Europeans and generally still believe their nation is providentially blessed. American security culture is relatively stable and includes the deeply held belief that existential threat in the world emanates from the work of evil-doers. The US must therefore sometimes intervene militarily against evil. The European Union (EU) security culture model differs from traditional European iterations and from the American variant. The concept of threat as evil lost salience as Western Europe became more secularist. Threats became problems to manage and resolve. The upsurge in anti-immigrant and anti-foreigner sentiment in the midst of economic crisis undermines this model. |