The Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost: a Grounded Theory approach to the comparative study of decision-making in the NAC and PSC
Studies of the relationship between the EU and NATO often focus on the limitations of cooperation, be it at the political or the operational level. However, little is known about the functioning of the political institutional linkages between the EU and NATO. This article therefore studies the main...
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ftustaffordshire:oai:eprints.staffs.ac.uk:3811 2023-05-15T17:33:08+02:00 The Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost: a Grounded Theory approach to the comparative study of decision-making in the NAC and PSC SMITH, Simon Tomic, Nikola Gebhard, Carmen 2017-08-17 text http://eprints.staffs.ac.uk/3811/ https://eprints.staffs.ac.uk/3811/1/The%20Father,%20the%20Son%20and%20the%20Holy%20Ghost.docx en eng Taylor & Francis https://eprints.staffs.ac.uk/3811/1/The%20Father,%20the%20Son%20and%20the%20Holy%20Ghost.docx SMITH, Simon, Tomic, Nikola and Gebhard, Carmen (2017) The Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost: a Grounded Theory approach to the comparative study of decision-making in the NAC and PSC. European Security, 26 (3). pp. 359-378. ISSN 0966-2839 rioxx_arr Article PeerReviewed 2017 ftustaffordshire 2023-03-02T23:15:11Z Studies of the relationship between the EU and NATO often focus on the limitations of cooperation, be it at the political or the operational level. However, little is known about the functioning of the political institutional linkages between the EU and NATO. This article therefore studies the main decision-making bodies of the two organisations at the political, ambassadorial level, namely the Political and Security Committee (PSC) of the EU and the North Atlantic Council (NAC) in NATO, as well as their joint meetings. The article employs an inductive Grounded Theory approach, drawing on open-ended interviews with PSC and NAC ambassadors, which reveal direct insights from the objects of analysis. The findings emphasise the impact of both structural and more agency-related categories on decision-making in these three fora. The article thus addresses both the paucity of study on these bodies more broadly and the complete lacuna on joint PSC–NAC meetings specifically, warranting the inductive approach this article endorses. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Staffordshire University: STORE - Staffordshire Online Repository |
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Studies of the relationship between the EU and NATO often focus on the limitations of cooperation, be it at the political or the operational level. However, little is known about the functioning of the political institutional linkages between the EU and NATO. This article therefore studies the main decision-making bodies of the two organisations at the political, ambassadorial level, namely the Political and Security Committee (PSC) of the EU and the North Atlantic Council (NAC) in NATO, as well as their joint meetings. The article employs an inductive Grounded Theory approach, drawing on open-ended interviews with PSC and NAC ambassadors, which reveal direct insights from the objects of analysis. The findings emphasise the impact of both structural and more agency-related categories on decision-making in these three fora. The article thus addresses both the paucity of study on these bodies more broadly and the complete lacuna on joint PSC–NAC meetings specifically, warranting the inductive approach this article endorses. |
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The Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost: a Grounded Theory approach to the comparative study of decision-making in the NAC and PSC |
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The Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost: a Grounded Theory approach to the comparative study of decision-making in the NAC and PSC |
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The Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost: a Grounded Theory approach to the comparative study of decision-making in the NAC and PSC |
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The Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost: a Grounded Theory approach to the comparative study of decision-making in the NAC and PSC |
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The Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost: a Grounded Theory approach to the comparative study of decision-making in the NAC and PSC |
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father, the son and the holy ghost: a grounded theory approach to the comparative study of decision-making in the nac and psc |
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https://eprints.staffs.ac.uk/3811/1/The%20Father,%20the%20Son%20and%20the%20Holy%20Ghost.docx SMITH, Simon, Tomic, Nikola and Gebhard, Carmen (2017) The Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost: a Grounded Theory approach to the comparative study of decision-making in the NAC and PSC. European Security, 26 (3). pp. 359-378. ISSN 0966-2839 |
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