This book draws on identity politics to explore the impact of Europeanisation. It explores which factors contribute to or hinder the Europeanization and assesses how can the Europeanization at the actor level be measured and tested empirically.

Using a social constructivist approach and fusion perspective, this book offers a new approach to analyze how EU level norms, values, policies, institutions and actors impact on Norwegian national elite 's EU perceptions and attitudes, and subsequent foreign policy choices. The book features in-depth studies on foreign and security policy, justice...

This book analyses how domestic and European structures impact on national actors' identities, interests and foreign policy practices. Employing Norway as the case study area, the author uses this nation as an example to assess Europeanization and identity politics across the European Union (EU).

Utilising an original and innovative approach called 'social constructivist fusion perspective', the author addresses Europeanization across several key factors. The author assesses the influence of the EU on 'half-way member countries', and the impact of identity politics and...