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Title

  • Small states in EU policy-making : strategies, challenges, opportunities

Other Title

  • Small states in European Union policy-making

Summary

  • "Small States in EU Policy-Making analyses how small states try to impact European Union policy-making through a range of strategies. With the last rounds of enlargement and Brexit, the number and weight of small states in the European Union has steadily increased. At the same time, small states face distinct challenges in different institutions, which may impact their strategies. Nonetheless, the existing literature primarily focuses on the Council of the European Union and the European Council and offers few insights into how small states navigate the other institutions. The contributions to this volume examine how small states can wield influence in different institutions, arguing that they do indeed pursue different strategies depending on institutional context. The policy case studies on the EU's foreign and security policies confirm these findings: small states can have influence in EU policy-making and can create situations where their needs are met. They are most likely to succeed when they build foreign policy coalitions, when they anticipate major economic developments, and when they manage to acquire a high level of expertise in a policy area. However, the case studies also show that there is a risk of small states becoming policy-takers in cases where they cannot provide leadership in terms of ideas and expertise and/or fail to build political weight through coalitions. This book will be of interest to academics and practitioners of European politics and the EU in particular, as well as policy-makers and practitioners working on small states"-- Provided by publisher.

Names

  • Högenauer, Anna-Lena, editor
  • Mišík, Matúš, 1984- editor

Created / Published

  • London ; New York : Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.

Contents

  • The challenges and opportunities of EU membership for small states / Anna-Lena Hogenauer and Matus Misik -- Small member states in the European Commission of the 21st Century / Lukáš Hamřík -- Small states in the European Parliament: does size make a difference? / Anna-Lena Högenauer -- Bringing the European Union closer to the member states? The impact of the rotating EU -- Council presidency on small member states / Ieva Grumbinaitė -- Small states coalition-building in EU-policy making: the cases of the Nordic and Baltic countries / Tobias Etzold -- Small-state veto power in the European Union? National interests and coalition-building -- Capacity of the member states in Central and Eastern Europe / Boyka Stefanova -- The economic diplomacy of Luxembourg within the European Union framework: between agility and stability / Helen Kavvadia -- Small states, subregional minilateralism, and European foreign policy -- Marion Foster and Michael Mosser -- Small state influence in EU security policy making: PESCO, Frontex, and the integration dilemma / Béranger Dominici, Olivier Lewis and Sebastian Steingass -- How did the challenges and opportunities translate into small state strategies? A case study of Estonia's role in shaping EU cybersecurity policy / Xinchuchu Gao -- Size is not everything / Anna-Lena Högenauer and Matúš Mišík.

Headings

  • -  European Union--Government policy
  • -  States, Small
  • -  Europe--Politics and government

Notes

  • -  Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • -  Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Call Number/Physical Location

  • JC365

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2023058547

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  • Unrestricted online access.

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  • epub
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Mišík, Matúš, Editor. Small states in EU policy-making: strategies, challenges, opportunities. editeds by Högenauer, Anna-Lena London ; New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2024. Image. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2023058547/.

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Mišík, M., Högenauer, A., ed. (2024) Small states in EU policy-making: strategies, challenges, opportunities. London ; New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2023058547/.

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Mišík, Matúš, Editor. Small states in EU policy-making: strategies, challenges, opportunities. ed by Högenauer, Anna-Lena London ; New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, 2024. Image. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2023058547/>.