Nordic States and European Integration Awkward Partners in the North? /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Stegmann McCallion, Malin (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Brianson, Alex (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics,
• Subjects: Europe-Politics and government.; Regionalism.; European Union.; European Politics.; European Union Politics.

This book provides the first lengthy study of awkward states/partners in regional integration. Is awkwardness a characteristic of states in many global regions, or is it reducible to the particular case of the United Kingdom in European integration? The authors assess how far the concept of 'aw...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Awkward States in Regional Integration: Assessing the Case of the Nordic Countries in the Integration of Europe; Alex Brianson & Malin Stegmann McCallion
• Chapter 1: As Awkward as They Need to Be: Denmark's Pragmatic Activist Approach to Europe; Anders Wivel
• Chapter 2: Re-assessing Finland's Integration Policy: The End of Domestic Consensus; Hanna Ojanen & Tapio Raunio
• Chapter 3: Sweden an Awkward Partner? The difference a Question Mark Can Make; Malin Stegmann McCallion
• Chapter 4: Norway: An 'Awkward Partner' of European Integration?; Stefan Gänzle & Thomas Henökl
• Chapter 5: 'We are a free nation': The Icelandic political elite's Euro-scepticism; Baldur Thorallsson.