Iceland - The Reluctant Member of Europe

Informationen zum Autor 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 Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung This book explores the relationship between small states and Europe using the case study of Iceland, the only Nordic state not to have applied for EU membership. It explains Iceland's reluctance to participate in European integration. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Thorhallsson, Baldur Thorhallsson
• Assisted by: BALDUR THORHALLSSON (Editor), Baldur Thorhallsson (Editor), Thorhallsson Baldur (Editor)
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2004
• EAN: 9780415282529
• ISBN: 978-0-415-28252-9
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 240 mm x 17 mm
• Series: Europe and the Nation State; Europe and the Nation State
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Iceland, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, EU (European Union), International institutions, EU & European institutions