Reluctant Europeans : Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland in the Process of Integration / Sieglinde Gstöhl.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gstöhl, Sieglinde, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2022]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Analyzing some thirty policy decisions across three countries and five decades, Sieglinde Gstöhl considers why some countries continue to be "reluctant Europeans." Typically, small and highly industrialized states are expected to be more likely to integrate than are larger or less advanced countries. Why, then, did Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland choose for so long not to join the European Communities? And what accounts today for their differing levels of integration? Gstöhl argues that economic interests alone do not sufficiently explain attitudes toward integration, but rather coexist with—and are often dominated by—domestic political and geohistorical constraints. The lure of improved access to EU markets may fade in the shadow of domestic institutions and societal cleavages, foreign policy traditions, and experiences of foreign rule that touch on feelings of national identity. Thoroughly addressing these issues, Reluctant Europeans offers key insights into the problems associated with deepening integration in an enlarging European Union.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Tables

Preface

1 Reluctant Europeans: A Puzzle

2 Political Constraints

3 The Split-up of Western Europe in the 1950s

4 The Failures to Reconcile Europe in the 1960s

15 EC-EFTA Rapprochement in the 1970s

6 Broadening EC-EFTA Cooperation in the 1980s

7 The Uniting of Western Europe in the 1990s

8 Conclusion: Some Implications

List of Acronyms and Abbreviations

Bibliography

Index

About the Book

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022)

ISBN:

1-62637-484-8

OCLC:

1334345072