The European Union and the Member States: Cooperation, Coordination, and Compromise

by Zeff, Eleanor E.; Pirro, Ellen B.

• ISBN13: 9781555879181
• ISBN10: 1555879187
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: Lynne Rienner Pub

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(7)
Eleanor E. Zeff
Ellen B. Pirro
Policy Performance in the European Union	7	(22)
John McCormick
Part 1 Early Union Members
France: Europeanism, Nationalism, and the Planned Economy	29	(30)
John S. Ambler
M. Shawn Reichert
Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg: Diversity Among the Benelux Countries	59	(30)
Jan Beyers
Bart Kerremans
Peter Bursens
Germany: A Major Player	89	(26)
Carl Lankowski
Italy: Both Leader and Laggard	115	(30)
Marco Giuliani
Simona Piattoni
Part 2 The Second Wave
Britain: Aloof and Skeptical	145	(30)
Jorgen Rasmussen
Ireland: Brussels and the Celtic Tiger	175	(16)
Richard B. Finnegan
Denmark: Small State with a Big Voice	191	(26)
Leslie Eliason
Part 3 The 1980s
Greece: A European Paradox	217	(18)
Christos Markou
George Nakos
Nikolaos Zahariadis
Spain and Portugal: Betting on Europe	235	(32)
Joaquin Roy
Aimee Kanner
PART 4 The Newest Members
Austria: Confronting Controversy	267	(18)
Reinhard Heinisch
Sweden: Retreat from Exceptionalism	285	(20)
Karen Anderson
Finland: An Integrationist Member State	305	(12)
Alexander C-G. Stubb
Heidi Kaila
Timo Ranta
Bibliography	317	(24)
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations	341	(2)
The Contributors	343	(4)
Index	347	(8)
About the Book	355