The aim of this study is to examine the extent to which the end of the Cold War led to Europeanisation in the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP). The analysis takes into consideration previous studies on Europeanisation and its impact on the transformation of national security and defence, and attempts to account for the development of Europeanisation and related mechanisms. These mechanisms, which have been described as framing mechanisms and negative integration, incorporate all the major relevant factors identified here (i.e. a common Strategic Culture, new security identity, domestic political decision-making, industrial base and defence-spending decline) that contributed to the realisation of the CSDP. The relevance of these factors for CSDP Europeanisation is examined through an historical and empirical analysis, and the relationship between the CSDP and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is also explored. This approach facilitates analysis of the debate concerning the emergence of the CSDP and throws light on the political shift that led European Union (EU) leaders to support the CSDP. Another aspect of this study is the empirical examination of the dynamics and limitations of the European defence sector. The changes which took place in this sector facilitated the emergence of the CSDP and are therefore analysed in the light of globalisation issues, economies of scale, economic crises, military autonomy, new security strategy and Research and Development (R&D) impact. This book will be of interest to students of European security, EU politics, defence studies and International Relations.

Although more women in France have entered political life than ever before, the fact remains that there are fewer women representatives in the French parliament than there were after the Second World War. In a new and original approach, the author presents an overview and analysis of the emerging body of text by or on women who have held high political office in France. The argument is that writing about women and politics has not just described or reflected women's slow but now substantial entry into political life; it has played a major part in shaping the parity debate and its outcomes. Interviews with political women, such as Huguette Bouchardeau, Simone Veil or Edith Cresson, inserted in the text, demonstrate the emergence and circulation of a new common discourse focused on the issue of whether women in politics make or should make a difference. A close reading of the various texts examined in this book and their connection to new public counter-discourses in France suggest that a re-writing of power is indeed occurring.

Pensées animales : Manifeste pour l'anti-spécisme, le végétarisme, le droit et la libération des animaux, est un livre qui traite de plusieurs thèmes concernant le végétarisme, les droits des animaux et les animaux de ferme. Après plus de 10 ans au Canada et au sein de plusieurs organisations locales de défenses animales, j'ai pu avoir une expérience du travail militant et participer à des campagnes d'éducation et d'actions directes contre des industries. Celle du foie gras, de la vivisection, de la fourrure : j'ai regroupé quelques idées qui relatent mes expériences au Canada mais aussi des analyses de sujets à controverses comme le végétarisme, l'abattage rituel religieux, les relations des médias avec certains mouvements militants. Ces textes se présentent comme un recueil pamphlétaire et d'essais. Cependant je ne me concentre pas seulement sur le Canada, la France est au centre de mes préoccupations.