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The Europeanisation of arms export policy - The case of Sweden

Ekdal, Dino LU (2019) STVK02 20182
Department of Political Science
Abstract
Controversial Swedish arms deals come and go with some regularity. There is however legislation in place to prevent arms ending up in the hands of states known for human rights abuses, or engaged in illegitimate armed conflict. One such piece of legislation is the European Council’s Common Position on Arms Exports which aims to set ‘high common standards’ for the arms exports of EU member states. This essay examines changes in the level of transparency and the outcomes of arms export policies in Sweden since the Common Position and associated European legislation was implemented. The aim is to establish whether a process of Europeanisation is affecting Swedish arms export policy.
Following the existing literature, this study views... (More)
Controversial Swedish arms deals come and go with some regularity. There is however legislation in place to prevent arms ending up in the hands of states known for human rights abuses, or engaged in illegitimate armed conflict. One such piece of legislation is the European Council’s Common Position on Arms Exports which aims to set ‘high common standards’ for the arms exports of EU member states. This essay examines changes in the level of transparency and the outcomes of arms export policies in Sweden since the Common Position and associated European legislation was implemented. The aim is to establish whether a process of Europeanisation is affecting Swedish arms export policy.
Following the existing literature, this study views Europeanisation as the process by which decision-making processes become increasingly subject to systems of multi-level governance, measured through compliance with EU legislation. The essay finds that while there seems to be a process of Europeanisation improving arms export transparency, its impact on arms export policy outcomes is more unclear; at least there is no conclusive evidence that it is taking place. (Less)
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author
Ekdal, Dino LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK02 20182
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Europeanisation, Arms Exports, Sweden, Compliance, Common Position on Arms Exports.
language
English
id
8965201
date added to LUP
2019-03-21 09:58:13
date last changed
2019-03-21 09:58:18
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  abstract     = {{Controversial Swedish arms deals come and go with some regularity. There is however legislation in place to prevent arms ending up in the hands of states known for human rights abuses, or engaged in illegitimate armed conflict. One such piece of legislation is the European Council’s Common Position on Arms Exports which aims to set ‘high common standards’ for the arms exports of EU member states. This essay examines changes in the level of transparency and the outcomes of arms export policies in Sweden since the Common Position and associated European legislation was implemented. The aim is to establish whether a process of Europeanisation is affecting Swedish arms export policy.
	Following the existing literature, this study views Europeanisation as the process by which decision-making processes become increasingly subject to systems of multi-level governance, measured through compliance with EU legislation. The essay finds that while there seems to be a process of Europeanisation improving arms export transparency, its impact on arms export policy outcomes is more unclear; at least there is no conclusive evidence that it is taking place.}},
  author       = {{Ekdal, Dino}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The Europeanisation of arms export policy - The case of Sweden}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}