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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781053803321

Autore

Bunse S

Titolo

Small States and EU Governance [[electronic resource] ] : Leadership through the Council Presidency / / by S. Bunse

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2009

ISBN

1-282-50442-8

9786612504426

0-230-23434-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2009.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (309 p.)

Collana

St Antony's Series, , 2633-5964

Disciplina

341.242/2

341.2422

Soggetti

European Union

Europe—Politics and government

Political science

Public administration

International relations

European Union Politics

European Politics

Political Science

Public Administration

International Relations

European Union countries Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 The Presidency within the EU's Institutional Balance and its Evolution; 3 The Council Presidency as a Policy Entrepreneur: Nature, Agenda-setting Power, and Conditions for Success; 4 The 1999 Finnish Presidency: Internal Market and Foreign Policy Priorities and Achievements; 5 The 2001 Belgian Presidency: Internal Market and Foreign Policy Priorities and Achievements; 6 The 2003 Greek Presidency: Internal Market and



Foreign Policy Priorities and Achievements; 7 Conclusion; Appendix; Notes

BibliographyIndex

Sommario/riassunto

Small States and EU Governance shows that the EU's rotating Council presidency and small states' capacity to make use of it have been underestimated. It examines the political objectives the presidency serves and presents a systematic and comparative assessment of its nature and influence in internal market and foreign policy issues.