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Title

The making of Britain's European foreign policy / Anthony Forster and Alasdair Blair.

Author

Forster, Anthony, 1964-

Publication

Harlow ; New York : Longman, 2002.

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Additional Authors

Blair, Alasdair, 1971-

Description

xvi, 223 pages; 24 cm.

Summary

The significance of British foreign policy in relation to Europe is wide-ranging, stretching from the grand policy of monetary union to the regulation of air quality. This study directs readers through the significance of European affairs to Britain.

Series Statement

Political dynamics of the EU series

Uniform Title

Political dynamics of the EU series.

Subject

• European Union
• Union européenne > Grande-Bretagne
• UE/CE Relations internes
• Elaboration d'une politique
• Européanisation
• Diplomatic relations
• Außenpolitik
• Geschichte
• Buitenlandse politiek
• Europese Unie
• Great Britain > Foreign relations > European Union countries
• Royaume-Uni
• European Union countries
• Great Britain
• Großbritannien
• Europäische Union
• Grande-Bretagne > Relations extérieures > 1997- ..
• Grande-Bretagne > Relations extérieures > Pays de l'Union européenne
• Pays de l'Union européenne > Relations extérieures > Grande-Bretagne

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [196]-213) and index.

Contents

The context 1 -- The structure 3 -- The focus 6 -- 1 British European policy in historical perspective 11 -- Historical context 11 -- Seeking membership 18 -- Uncertain partner 20 -- A special European 26 -- 2 Conceptual lenses for explaining state interaction in the EU 31 -- What is a theory of foreign policy? 32 -- The neorealist account 37 -- The neofunctional account 41 -- Liberal intergovernmental account 44 -- The new theoretical accounts: the comparativist school 48 -- The new theoretical accounts: the constructivist/reflectivist school 49 -- 3 The machinery of government 55 -- The context 56 -- Domestic co-ordination: the role of ministers 60 -- Domestic co-ordination: the role of officials 68 -- The Brussels links 74 -- The role of Parliament 81 -- An evolving structure 83 -- 4 Case study 1: treaty negotiations 91 -- Administrative adaptation and EU constitutional bargaining 93 -- Policy preferences and IGCs 107 -- Governmental behaviour and IGCs 110 -- 5 Case study 2: social policy 117 -- Policy development 119 -- The sources of British policy preferences 122 -- The pursuit of British policy perferences 127 -- 6 Case study 3: Economic and Monetary Union 140 -- The implications of EMU 141 -- Shaping policy 147 -- Policy development 150 -- Divide and rule 153 -- Isolation 158 -- 7 Trends and patterns in British European policy 167 -- Adaptation -- the causes of change 167 -- How adaptation is taking place 171 -- The consequences of change 176 -- 8 Challenges for the making of British European policy 184 -- The need to identify policy objectives and positive policy goals within the EU 184 -- The growing importance of public opinion on the European issue 185 -- The challenge of flexibility and the emergence of a new core Europe 187 -- Accountability and legitimacy 187 -- Devolution and the challenge of multi-level governance 188 -- Decision-making within the EU 190 -- The challenge of enlargement 190 -- The challenge to sovereignty 191 -- Appendix 1 EU Directorate Generals 192 -- Appendix 2 Web Links 194.

ISBN

• 0582418356
• 9780582418356

LCCN

2001032852

OCLC

• ocm46872356
• 46872356
• SCSB-1232300

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library