The Engagement of Iceland and Malta with European Integration
Author: Magnús Árni Magnússon
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9789979994121
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Iceland and European Integration
Author: Baldur Thorhallsson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004-03-01
Total Pages: 259
ISBN-13: 1134458533
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Why has Iceland not sought membership of the European Union? This unique volume uses the case study of Iceland - the only Nordic state to have never applied for EU membership - to explore the complex attitudes of small states to European intergration and provide a new theoretical approach for understanding such relationships. The contributors explain why the Icelandic political elite has been relunctant to participate in European integration. In this context, they analyse the influence that Iceland's special relationship with the US and the fisheries sector have had on their dealings with the EU. Also considered are 'new' variables, such as national administrative characteristics and particular features of the domestic arena of the political elite, as well as the elite's perception of international relations and its political discourse concerning independence and sovereignty. Iceland and European Integration will appeal to all those interested in European integration and the international relations of small states
Europeanization and European Integration
Author: R. Coman
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2014-09-17
Total Pages: 185
ISBN-13: 113732550X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →After two decades of research into the impact of the EU on domestic politics and policies, this book explores the relationship between Europeanization and EU integration. It argues that Europeanization should be considered as a stage in the development of EU integration as well as questioning the notion of incremental Europeanization.
Small States and Shelter Theory
Author: Baldur Thorhallsson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2018-09-20
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 0429871805
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Small states are dependent on the economic, political, and societal shelter provided by larger states and international organizations to survive and prosper. Iceland provides an ideal case study for shelter theory, due both to its smallness as compared with its larger neighbouring states, as well as its status as both an entity and then as a state. That Iceland has historically been so isolated, relative to other small European states, also makes it easier to trace the country’s interactions with other actors, since the impact of each interaction can be measured more definitively thus broadening the theory’s validity and offering new insights into its operations. The contributors to this volume focus on the extent of Iceland’s external engagement with other states and the domestic consequences of this interaction. Societal shelter, in terms of transfer of norms and values, is as of much importance as economic and political shelter. By unpacking the structure of Iceland’s external relations, this book demonstrates both the size-related disadvantages and the unique needs of small states to evaluate, explain, and predict small state behaviour. This book will be of interest to all scholars in international relations, especially those interested in small state behaviour.
Iceland and the International Financial Crisis
Author: Eirikur Bergmann
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2014-01-30
Total Pages: 211
ISBN-13: 113733200X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Eirikur Bergmann explains the exceptional case of Iceland's fantastical boom, bust and rapid recovery after the Crash of 2008 and explores the lessons for the wider EU crisis and for over-reaching economies that over-rely on financial markets.
Nordic Nationalism and Right-Wing Populist Politics
Author: Eirikur Bergmann
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2016-11-23
Total Pages: 213
ISBN-13: 1137567031
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Based on a constructivist approach, this book offers a comparative analysis into the causes of nationalist populist politics in each of the five Nordic independent nation states. Behind the social liberal façade of the economically successful, welfare-orientated Nordic states, right-wing populism has found support in the region. Such parties emerged first in Denmark and Norway in the 1970s, before becoming prominent in Sweden and Finland after the turn of the millennium and in Iceland in the wake of the financial crisis of 2008, when populist parties surged throughout the Nordics. The author traces these Nationalist trails of thoughts back to the National Socialistic movements of the 1920s and 1930s (the respective Nordic version Nazi parties) and before, to the birth of the Nordic nation states in the nineteenth century following the failure of integration. Since then, as the book argues, separate nationalisms have grown strong in each of the countries. This study will appeal to students and scholars as well as wider audiences interested in European Politics, Nordic Politics, Nationalism, and Populism.
Global Governance and the Emergence of Global Institutions for the 21st Century
Author: Augusto Lopez-Claros
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2020-01-23
Total Pages: 561
ISBN-13: 1108476961
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Identifies the major weaknesses in the current United Nations system and proposes fundamental reforms to address each. This title is also available as Open Access.
Better Regulation Practices across the European Union 2022
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Published: 2022-06-28
Total Pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9264608532
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Laws and regulations affect the daily lives of businesses and citizens. It is important that they are designed in a way that takes account of their social, environmental and business impacts and ensures they remain relevant in today’s fast-changing context. The second edition of the Better Regulation Practices across the European Union report analyses recent developments and current practices for improving the quality of laws and regulations across all 27 EU Member States and the European Union.
The European Union and China’s Belt and Road
Author: Vassilis Ntousas
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-08-10
Total Pages: 167
ISBN-13: 1000416119
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book explores key elements of European Union (EU) engagement with the Belt Road Initiative (BRI), drawing on the expertise of leading practitioners and scholars of EU-China relations. Under the theme of discerning the BRI and its nexus with the EU, chapters examine the nature of the BRI as China’s approach to global governance and consider how BRI intersects with the EU as a very different regional integration project. Under the theme of BRI factors in EU law and policy, chapters examine the BRI as a factor in specific domains of EU law and policy, including investment, finance, the environment and the COVID-19 pandemic and consider EU responses. Under the theme of EU Member State experiences, chapters present a series of case studies of individual Member States, their engagement with the BRI and ongoing policy debates. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of International Relations, EU external relations, Chinese public policy and foreign relations, European studies and security studies as well as policymakers dealing with China in EU and Member State institutions.
Russia's Engagement with the West:
Author: Alexander J. Motyl
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-07-22
Total Pages: 351
ISBN-13: 1315497832
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Putin and Bush presidencies, the 9/11 attack, and the war in Iraq have changed the dynamics of Russian-European-US relations and strained the Western alliance. Featuring contributions by leading experts in the field, this work is the first systematic effort to reassess the status of Russia's modernization efforts in this context. Part I examines political, economic, legal, and cultural developments in Russia for evidence of convergence with Western norms. In Part II, the contributors systematically analyze Russia's relations with the European Union, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and the United States in light of new security concerns and changing economic and power relationships.
