Baldur Thorhallsson (ed.)

Iceland and European Integration

On the Edge
Herausgeber: Baldur Thorhallsson

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the complex relationship between small states and European integration using the case study of Iceland, the only Nordic state not to have applied for EU membership. The authors seek to explain the country's reluctance to participate in European integration and how the political elite considers membership to have unbearable constraints on the economy, fishing interests, the farming community and Icelandic society in general.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 523g
• ISBN-13: 9780415282529
• ISBN-10: 0415282527
• Artikelnr.: 21511493

Autorenporträt

Baldur Thorhallson is Associate Professor of Political Science, and Chairman of the Institute of International Affairs and the Centre for Small State Studies, at the University of Iceland

Inhaltsangabe

1. Approaching the Question: Domestic Background and Conceptual Framework
2. The First Steps: Iceland's Policy on European Integration from the
Foundation of the Republic to 1972 3. A Controversial Step: Membership of
the EEA 4. Deeply Involved in the European Project: Membership of Schengen
5. Partial Engagement: A Practical Solution 6. Life is First and Foremost
Saltfish 7. The Special Relationship between Iceland and the United States
of America 8. Discussing Europe: Icelandic Nationalism and European
Integration 9. The Euro-Sceptical Political Elite 10. Shackled by
Smallness: A Weak Administration as a Determinant of Policy Choice11.
Towards a New Theoretical Approach