| Small States in Europe: Challenges and Opportunities Contributor(s): Steinmetz, Robert (Author), Wivel, Anders (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1138253464 ISBN-13: 9781138253469 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $66.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Process - General - Political Science | International Relations - General |
| Dewey: 320.94 |
| Physical Information: (1.01 lbs) 248 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The effects of recent institutional change within the European Union on small states have often been overlooked. This book offers an accessible, coherent and informative analysis of contemporary and future foreign policy challenges facing small states in Europe. 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 contributors emphasize the importance of power politics, institutional dynamics and lessons of the past. Innovative and sophisticated, the study draws on the relational understanding of small states to emphasize the implications of institutional change at the European level for the smaller states and to explain how the foreign and European policies of small states in the region are affected by the European Union. |