Keywords
PolitikwissenschaftPolitical science
Regionale internationale Beziehungen
Regionale internationale Sicherheit
Perzeption
Sicherheitsvorstellungen
Bedrohungsvorstellungen (Sicherheitspolitik)
Sicherheitspolitische Interessen
Verteidigungs- und Sicherheitspolitik
Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy
Political Process, Elections, Political Sociology, Political Culture
Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Sicherheitspolitik
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
international relations
post-socialist country
Southeastern Europe
national state
Bulgaria
security
Albania
microeconomic factors
Romania
legitimation
Macedonia
war
NATO
Bosnia and Herzegovina
environmental factors
Croatia
attitude
growth
military
aggressiveness
Greece
developing country
political alliance
Staat
Griechenland
Rumänien
Legitimation
politisches Bündnis
postsozialistisches Land
Bulgarien
NATO
Wachstum
ökonomische Faktoren
Albanien
Krieg
Militär
Südosteuropa
Mazedonien
Umweltfaktoren
Aggressivität
Entwicklungsland
Bosnien-Herzegowina
Sicherheit
internationale Beziehungen
Kroatien
Einstellung
descriptive study
deskriptive Studie
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http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/4429Abstract
'In den internationalen Beziehungen ist es entscheidend wichtig, in welchem Ausmaß, in welcher Weise und von welcher Seite sich die staatlichen Akteure bedroht sehen. Diese Bedrohungsvorstellungen wiederum hängen weithin davon ab, wie die jeweiligen Akteure ihre Sicherheit definieren, d.h. was sie als für ihre Existenz unverzichtbar und damit als unbedingt schützenswert ansehen. Aus den Bedrohungsvorstellungen einerseits und den Sicherheitsvorstellungen andererseits folgt, welche Bemühungen dann zur Gewährleistung der äußeren Sicherheit des betreffenden Landes für notwendig gehalten werden. Dabei geht es nicht allein um militärische Maßnahmen und beistandverheißende Bündnisse, sondern ebenso um allgemeinpolitische, wirtschaftliche, ökologische und andere Vorkehrungen. Über alle diese Fragen bestehen vielfach Auffassungsunterschiede oder zumindest Auffassungsnuancen bei den verschiedenen politischen Kräften in dem jeweils betrachteten Land. Diese müssen dementsprechend auch in das jeweilige Bild eingehen. Das sind wesentliche Überlegungen, die den Kurzstudien über die Sicherheits- und Bedrohungsvorstellungen auf dem Balkan in dem hier vorgelegten Sammelband zugrunde liegen.' (Autorenreferat)'In the theatre of international relations, it is eminently important to appreciate the extent to which the player states feel threatened, in what way and by whom. These conceptions of being threatened, in turn, largely depend on how the players define their own security, i.e. what they consider essential to their own existence and thus what they consider worthy of protection at all cost. From these conceptions of threat on the one hand and conceptions of security on the other, each state decides which efforts it has to undertake to guarantee its external security. These efforts are not restricted to military activities or to membership of alliances which promise mutual assistance, they also include everyday political, economic, ecological and other precautionary measures. All these issues may be the subject of differences of opinion or at least differences of accentuation between the various political forces in any country. These differences must also be taken into account in the esternal observer's picture of that country. These are the basic considerations underlying the brief studies on conceptions of security and threat on the Balkans presented in this compendium.' (author's abstract)
Date
2009-01-21Type
SammelwerkIdentifier
oai:gesis.izsoz.de:document/4429http://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/4429
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-44294
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