The foreign policies of European Union member states / edited by Ian Manners and Richard G. Whitman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Manners, Ian.

Whitman, Richard G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Union countries--Foreign relations.

European Union countries.

International relations.

Physical Description:

xi, 284 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2000.

Summary:

This comparative analysis of the foreign policies of European Union member states includes comprehensive coverage of the post-Maastricht period and the three newest members of the EU. In the only comparative study of its kind since 1976, the book analyzes the dual impact of the Maastricht Treaty on the European Union, and the post-Cold War environment on the foreign policy processes of the EU' s member states. The book argues for a new approach to the foreign policy analysis of EU states that recognizes the fundamental changes that membership brings after the Cold War, but also acknowledges the diverse role of policies which states seek to retain or advance as being " special."

Contents:

Part I Primus inter pares?

2 France / Margaret Blunden 19

3 Britain / Anthony Forster 44

4 Germany / Lisbeth Aggestam 64

Part II Commonalities and difference

5 Italy / Antonio Missiroli 87

6 Spain / Paul Kennedy 105

7 Belgium and the Netherlands / Rik Coolsaet, Ben Soetendorp 128

8 Greece / Dimitrios Kavakas 144

9 Portugal / Jose Magone 162

Part III The (post-)neutral states?

10 Sweden and Finland / Lee Miles 181

11 Austria / David Phinnemore 204

12 Denmark and Ireland / Ben Tonra 224.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0719057787

0719057795

OCLC:

59576263