The European Union and the member states : cooperation, coordination, and compromise / edited by Eleanor E. Zeff, Ellen B. Pirro.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zeff, Eleanor E., 1943-

Pirro, Ellen B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political planning--European Union countries.

Political planning.

European Union countries.

European Union.

Physical Description:

viii, 355 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001.

Contents:

Introduction / Eleanor E. Zeff and Ellen B. Pirro

Policy performance in the European Union / John McCormick

Pt. 1. Early Union members. France : Europeanism, nationalism, and the planned economy / John S. Ambler and M. Shawn Reichert

Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg : diversity among the Benelux countries / Jan Beyers, Bart Kerremans, and Peter Bursens

Germany : a major player / Carl Lankowski

Italy : both leader and laggard / Marco Giuliani and Simona Piattoni

Pt. 2 The second wave. Britain : aloof and skeptical / Jorgen Rasmussen

Ireland : Brussels and the Celtic tiger / Richard B. Finnegan

Denmark : small state with a big voice / Leslie Eliason

Pt. 3. The 1980s. Greece : a European paradox / Christos Markou, George Nakos, and Nikolaos Zahariadis

Spain and Portugal : betting on Europe / Joaquín Roy and Aimee Kanner

Pt. 4. The newest members. Austria : confronting controversy / Reinhard Heinisch

Sweden : retreat from exceptionalism / Karen Anderson

Finland : an integrationist member state / Alexander C-G. Stubb, Heidi Kaila, and Timo Ranta.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-340) and index.

ISBN:

1555879411

1555879187

OCLC:

44750837