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The Member States of the European Union

by: Bulmer, Simon; Lequesne, Christian

The Member States of the European Union

by: Bulmer, Simon; Lequesne, Christian

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9780199252817
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0199252815
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 07/14/2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

This book is the most comprehensive study of the European member states available. It covers the principal member states in separate chapters, as well as bringing together the smaller member states in comparative groupings, and also includes a chapter on the new member states. The countrychapters look at the wider political issues associated with integration and not just policy machinery. In order to help readers understand the interaction of the member states, there are sections that cover analytical and empirical themes such as EU member relations and the European economy.

Preface

xiii

List of Boxes

xiv

List of Figures

List of Tables

xvi

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

xvii

List of Contributors

xix

1 The European Union and its Member States: An Overview

(20)

Introduction

(3)

Analysing the role of member states in the EU

(5)

Intergovernmentalism: the member state at the centre of EU bargaining

(2)

Institutionalism and member state-EU relations

(2)

New governance approaches and member state-EU relations

(1)

Analysing Europeanization

(5)

An interactive approach to constructivism

(1)

Previewing the book

(5)

Part 1 Analytical Approaches

(50)

Introduction

(48)

2 Exercising Power and Influence in the European Union: The Roles of Member States

(20)

Introduction

(3)

Points of access in the EU system for the member governments

(7)

Policy design

(2)

Policy negotiation

(2)

Policy legitimation

(1)

Policy implementation

(2)

Power and influence in the EU system

(6)

Political weight

(1)

Political practice

(1)

Economic weight

(1)

Social and economic practice

(1)

Persuasive ideas

(1)

Compelling demands

(1)

Credibility and consistency

(1)

Drawing comparative conclusions

(3)

3 Europeanization: How the European Union Interacts with its Member States

(28)

Introduction

(1)

From bottom-up to top-down

(2)

Studying the effect of the European Union on the member states

(13)

Dimensions of domestic change

(1)

Mechanisms of domestic change

(1)

Inconvenient Europe: misfit as the necessary condition of domestic change

(1)

The domestic impact of Europe: redistributing resources

(1)

The domestic impact of Europe as a process of socialization

(1)

The domestic impact of Europe as a process of institutional adaptation

(2)

Outcome of domestic change

(1)

Deep impact? The scope of domestic change

(1)

Coming together or driving apart? The direction of domestic change

(1)

Bringing the bottom-up perspective back in

(9)

Part 2 The Member States

(210)

Introduction

(136)

4 Germany and Europe: Centrality in the EU

(20)

Introduction

(1)

History and politics of the European issue in Germany

(4)

European diplomacy

(4)

Integration and institutional adaptation in Germany

(2)

Integration and policy adaptation in Germany

(5)

Conclusions

(4)

5 France: Between Integration and National Sovereignty

(22)

Introduction

(1)

French diplomacy for Europe-history and politics

(8)

Extending French influence through European integration

(1)

The Birth of Europe

(1)

European defence

(1)

Deepening European integration

100

(1)

Political union

101

(1)

Social Europe

102

(1)

Economic and monetary union

102

(1)

Increasing tensions between contradictory goals

103

(1)

The Maastricht aftermath

104

(1)

Redefining Europe's role in the new world order

104

(2)

Institutional and policy adaptation in France

106

(9)

Formal structures

106

(1)

Direct constitutional and legal adaptation

106

(1)

Reorganization of governmental structure

107

(1)

French regions in a multilevel system

108

(1)

Public policy adjustment

109

(1)

Public opinion and political cleavages

110

(1)

Support for European integration

110

(1)

The partisan system

112

(1)

Social movements and protests

113

(2)

Conclusion

115

(4)

6 The United Kingdom: A Europeanized Government in a non-Europeanized Polity

119

(23)

Introduction

119

(1)

Britain's European diplomacy

120

(7)

The EU and British politics

127

(4)

Britain and the European Union: institutional adaptation

131

(4)

Britain and the European Union: policy adaptation

135

(4)

Conclusions

139

(3)

7 Italy and Spain: A Tale of Contrasting Effectiveness in the EU

142

(22)

Introduction

143

(1)

History and politics of the European issue

143

(3)

Motivations for membership

143

(1)

The foreign policy context

143

(2)

Public opinion and political parties

145

(1)

The institutional framework

146

(3)

Institutions at the national level

146

(2)

Regional authorities

148

(1)

EU policy-making

149

(7)

The relationship between European law and national law

149

(1)

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Prime Minister

150

(3)

The role of the national parliaments

153

(2)

The role of the regions and of the autonomous communities

155

(1)

European diplomacy

156

(3)

Negotiation techniques and EU alliance-building

156

(2)

Italy and Spain: allies or rivals?

158

(1)

Conclusion

159

(5)

8 The Benelux Countries: Identity and Self-interest

164

(21)

Introduction

164

(1)

Identity and self-interest

165

(3)

Political identity

166

(1)

Enviromental self-interest

166

(1)

Unity with diversity

167

(1)

Preference and policy

168

(5)

Multilateral market access

168

(1)

The Schuman Plan

169

(1)

Towards the Common Market

170

(1)

Support for supranational authority

171

(2)

Distribution and adjustment

173

(3)

Integration and business

173

(1)

A pro-stability bias?

174

(1)

Rescuing the nation state

175

(1)

Institutions and adaptation

176

(4)

Goodness of fit

177

(1)

Interest and institutional context

178

(1)

Idiosyncrasy and persistence

179

(1)

Conclusion: self interest and identity

180

(5)

9 The EU and the Nordic Countries: Organizing Domestic Diversity?

185

(24)

Introduction

186

(1)

Theorizing the relationship between the EU and its Member States

187

(2)

The history and politics of the European issue

189

(3)

Bottom-up processes: aiming at influencing EU level policy-making

192

(8)

Nordic governments

192

(5)

Nordic parliaments

197

(1)

Nordic political parties

198

(1)

Nordic interest groups

199

(1)

Top-down processes: how the EU impacts on the domestic level

200

(3)

How domestic politics is affected

200

(1)

Institutional adaptation at the national level

201

(1)

Policy adaptation at the national level

202

(1)

Conclusion

203

(6)

10 The Europeanization of Austria and Ireland: Small can be Difficult?

209

(20)

Introduction

210

(1)

The European issue before and after membership

211

(2)

The European issue in Ireland

211

(1)

The European issue in Austria

212

(1)

Institutional adaptation

213

(8)

Ireland

213

(1)

Central government and administration

214

(1)

Parliament

214

(1)

The regions

215

(1)

Private interests

216

(1)

Austria

217

(1)

Central government and administration

217

(1)

Parliament

219

(1)

The regions

220

(1)

Private interests

220

(1)

Policy adaptation

221

(3)

Ireland

221

(1)

Austria

222

(2)

Outlook: a critical juncture?

224

(5)

11 Greece and Portugal: Convergent or Divergent Europeanization?

229

(25)

Introduction

230

(1)

The politics of Greek and Portuguese accession

230

(2)

The ambiguity of being European

232

(3)

External links

232

(1)

Dependence

233

(1)

Unequivocal membership

234

(1)

Managing dependence as EU member states

235

(4)

Europeanization and economic nationalism

235

(1)

Neighbours rediscovered

236

(2)

Europe as a means of finance

238

(1)

Migratory flows and the new European order

238

(1)

The restructuring of state intervention

239

(5)

Increased public spending

239

(2)

Changing fields of intervention

241

(1)

Problem of administrative adaptation

242

(2)

Changing modes of government

244

(6)

Politicized centralization

244

(2)

Delegation and privatization

246

(2)

Political culture

248

(1)

Implementation gaps

249

(1)

Conclusion: neither convergence nor divergence

250

(4)

12 The New Member States and the EU: Responding to Europe

254

(27)

Introduction

255

(7)

The history of the European issue

262

(6)

Negotiating accession and beyond

268

(3)

Patterns of Europeanization I: polity and politics

271

(3)

Patterns of Europeanization II: public policy effects

274

(2)

Conclusions

276

(5)

Part 3 Europeanization

281

(107)

Introduction

283

(2)

13 The Europeanization of Member State Institutions

285

(32)

Introduction

286

(1)

National governments and the EU

287

(10)

The impact on national governments

288

(4)

Interaction with the EU

292

(5)

Parliaments and the EU

297

(6)

The impact on national parliaments

297

(1)

Interaction with the EU

298

(5)

Sub-national authorities

303

(4)

Impact on sub-national authorities

303

(2)

Interaction with the EU

305

(2)

National courts

307

(3)

Impact on national courts

307

(3)

Interaction with the EU

310

(1)

Conclusion

310

(7)

14 The Europeanization of Interest Groups and Political Parties

317

(21)

Introduction

318

(1)

Europeanization and political forces

319

(2)

Parties and interest groups

321

(2)

Changing opportunity structures: interest groups

323

(5)

Assessing the Europeanization of interest groups

325

(3)

Changing opportunity structures: political parties

328

(6)

Assessing the Europeanization of political parties

332

(2)

Conclusions and outlook

334

(4)

15 The Europeanization of National Policy

338

(22)

Why Europeanization?

339

(2)

Types of Europeanization

341

(5)

Governance by negotiation

342

(1)

Governance by hierarchy

343

(1)

Positive integration

344

(1)

Negative integration

344

(1)

Facilitated coordination

345

(1)

Understanding the dynamics of Europeanization

346

(5)

Goodness of fit

346

(2)

Regulatory competition

348

(1)

Learning

349

(2)

Researching Europeanization

351

(3)

Empirical overview

354

(1)

Conclusion

355

(5)

16 The Europeanization of National Economies?

360

(28)

Introduction

361

(2)

Post-war varieties of capitalism

363

(2)

The pressures for change

365

(4)

Changing government policies

369

(8)

Policy change in the 1970's

369

(1)

Policy change in the 1980's

370

(3)

Policy change in the 1990's and early 2000's

373

(4)

Changing business practices and industrial relations

377

(5)

Differential impact of financial markets on corporate governance

377

(4)

Differences in corporate production patterns and performance

381

(1)

Conclusion

382

(6)

Conclusion

388

(5)

Index

393

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