Security governance in a comparative regional perspective
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European security, 2014, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 163-178
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KIRCHNER, Emil J., DOMÍNGUEZ, Roberto, Security governance in a comparative regional perspective, European security, 2014, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 163-178 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/33686
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This article aims to explore the relationship between domestic economic and political conditions and the performance of 14 regional organizations over a range of security provisions. It argues that the willingness of member states to increase the range of security provisions of a regional organization is influenced by the combination of high levels of economic and political development and low levels of dispersion among the members of a regional organization. In order to evaluate this assumption, two aspects of regional organizations are explored. The first is to examine the development of security governance provisions of 14 regional organizations as well as the levels of empowerment or autonomy of those organizations. The second is to analyze how six economic and political variables influence the range of security provisions and the degree of empowerment of regional organizations. The final part of the article examines how regional organizations play a significant role in stimulating and reproducing regional governance orders.