Vienna 1815: introducing a European security culture / Beatrice de Graaf, Ido de Haan, Brian Vick -- Cultures of peace and security from the Vienna Congress to the 21st century: characteristics and dilemmas / Matthias Schulz -- Historicising a security culture: peace, security and the Vienna system in history and politics, 1815 to present / Eckart Conze -- The Congress of Vienna as a missed opportunity. conservative visions of a new European order after Napoleon / Matthijs Lok -- The Central Commission for Navigation of the Rhine. a first step towards European economic security? / Joep Schenk -- From the balance of power to a balance of diplomacy? peace and security in the Vienna settlement / Stella Ghervas -- The London ambassadors's conferences and beyond: abolition, barbary corsairs and multilateral security in the Congress of Vienna system / Brian Vick -- The allied machine. the conference of ministers in Paris and the management of security, 1815-1818 / Beatrice de Graaf -- The German Confederation: cornerstone of the new European security system / Wolf D. Gruner -- Constructing an international conspiracy. revolutionary concertation and police networks in the European restoration / Ido de Haan & Jeroen van Zanten -- Security and transnational policing of political subversion and international crime in the German Confederation after 1815 / Karl Hàˆrter -- The papacy, reform, and intervention: international collective security in restoration Italy / David Laven -- From Augarten to Algiers. securitising and 'piracy' around the Congress of Vienna / Erik de Lange -- Friedrich von Gentz and his Wallachian correspondents: security concerns in a southeastern European borderland (1812-1828) / Constantin Ardeleanu -- Diplomats as power brokers / Mark Jarrett -- Economic insecurity, 'securities' and a European security culture after the Napoleonic wars / Glenda Sluga.
Summary:
"The Congress of Vienna settlement in 1815 saw the leaders of Europe come together in a bid to establish a balance of power on the continent following the destabilising repercussions of the Napoleonic Wars and revolutionary France. The settlement ushered in more than half a century of relative peace in Europe. Exactly how remains unclear. In this volume, leading historians and scholars of international relations offer new insights into the structures, processes and decisions that helped produce this stability, such as the creation of transnational police networks, military cooperation, ambassadorial conferences and international commissions. These new security institutions involved a wide range of professionals, including diplomats, ministers, police officers and bankers. The volume reveals the political and cultural transformations that took place in Europe in and after 1815, and contributes to debates within international relations about security, securitisation and security cultures"-- Provided by publisher.
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