Adapting to European Integration: Small States and the European Union

ISBN-13: 9780582286993 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 218 str.

Kenneth Hanf; Ben Soetendorp; Ben Soetendorp

Opis

This text describes how the political institutions of eight small member states and two non-member states have responded to the internal and external demands springing from the process of European integration in general and EC/EU membership in particular.

Spis treści

1. Table of Contents
2. Small States and the Europeanisation of Public Policy
3. Belgium: The Dilemma Between Cohesion and Autonomy
4. The Netherlands
5. Denmark: The Testing of a Hesitant Membership
6. Ireland: The Rewards of Pragmatism
7. Greece: Competing Regional Priorities
8. Spain: Modernisation Through Integration
9. Austria: Adaptation Through Anticipation
10. Sweden: The State Joins the European Union
11. Norway: An Adaptive Non-Member
12. Switzerland: Adjustment Despite Deadlock
13. Conclusions: The Nature of National Adaptation to European Integration

O autorze

Hanf, Kenneth; Soetendorp, Ben