Small States In Europe
by Robert Steinmetz /
2010 / English / PDF
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This book offers an accessible, coherent and informative analysis
of contemporary and future foreign policy challenges facing small
states in Europe. Drawing on the relational understanding of small
states, it emphasizes the implications of institutional change at
the European level for the smaller states and explains how the
foreign and European policies of small states in the region are
affected by the European Union. Leading experts analyze the
experiences of a number of small states including the Netherlands,
the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Iceland, Austria
and Switzerland. Each account, written to a common template,
explores the challenges and opportunities faced by each state as a
consequence of EU integration, and how their behaviour regarding EU
integration has been characterized. In particular, the authors
emphasize the importance of power politics, institutional dynamics
and lessons of the past. The effects of the past decade of
institutional change within the European Union on small states have
often been overlooked. This innovative study allows readers to draw
sophisticated comparisons between countries and exposes important
insights for future small state strategy in the European Union.
This book offers an accessible, coherent and informative analysis
of contemporary and future foreign policy challenges facing small
states in Europe. Drawing on the relational understanding of small
states, it emphasizes the implications of institutional change at
the European level for the smaller states and explains how the
foreign and European policies of small states in the region are
affected by the European Union. Leading experts analyze the
experiences of a number of small states including the Netherlands,
the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Luxembourg, Cyprus, Iceland, Austria
and Switzerland. Each account, written to a common template,
explores the challenges and opportunities faced by each state as a
consequence of EU integration, and how their behaviour regarding EU
integration has been characterized. In particular, the authors
emphasize the importance of power politics, institutional dynamics
and lessons of the past. The effects of the past decade of
institutional change within the European Union on small states have
often been overlooked. This innovative study allows readers to draw
sophisticated comparisons between countries and exposes important
insights for future small state strategy in the European Union.
