Sharing Security: The Political Economy of Burden Sharing

by Malcolm Chalmers

Book Overview

Sharing Security is a unique and comprehensive study of a key yet often neglected feature of modern international society. It begins by assessing how political theory can contribute to an understanding of international burdensharing. It then analyses in turn why some Western states contribute more than others to common defences, the European Union budget and overseas development aid. It highlights the particular burdensharing problems involved in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349648884
• ISBN13: 9781349648887
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"