Politics Of European Union Enlargement: Theoretical Approache

Description:
This is a key reference text presenting the latest first-rate approaches to the study of European enlargement. Developed and significantly expanded from a special issue of the leading 'Journal of European Public Policy', this new volume draws on the insights from the recently emerging theoretically-informed literature on the EU's eastern enlargement and complements these studies with original articles that combine a theoretical approach with comparative analyses. These expert contributors focus on the broader theoretical debates and their implications for the enlargement of the EU, as well as placing the enlargement of the EU within the broader context of the expansion of international organisations and the study of institutions in international relations.

Table of Contents:
List of tables and figures Note on contributors Preface and acknowledgements Part I Introduction 1 The politics of EU enlargement: theoretical and comparative perspectives Frank Schimmelfennig and Ulrich Sedelmeier Part II The Politics of Accession in Applicant Countries 2 Scandinavia and Switzerland: small, successful and stubborn towards the EU Sieglinde Gstohl 3 The demand-side politics of EU enlargement: democracy and the application for EU membership Walter Mattli and Thomas Plumper 4 The struggle over EU enlargement: a historical materialist analysis of European integration Andreas Bieler Part III The Macro-Politics of Enlargement 5 Constructing institutional interests: EU and NATO enlargement Karin M. Fierke and Antje Wiener 6 Eastern enlargement: risk, rationality, and role-compliance Ulrich Sedelmeier 7 The community trap: liberal norms, rhetorical action and the eastern enlargement of the European Union Frank Schimmelfennig 8 Liberal community and enlargement: an event history analysis Frank Schimmelfennig 9 Preferences, power, and equilibrium: the causes and consequences of EU enlargement Andrew Moravcsik and Milada Vachudova 10 Geopolitics and the eastern enlargement of the European Union Lars Skalnes Part IV The Substantive Politics of Enlargement 11 Sectoral dynamics of EU enlargement: advocacy, access, and alliances in a composite policy Ulrich Sedelmeier 12 Institutions, policy communities, and enlargement: British, Spanish and Central European accession negotiations in the agricultural sector Lorena Ruano Part V Theory, Enlargement and European Integration 13 Deepening and widening integration theory Markus Jachtenfuchs 14 Enlarging the European Union: reflections on the challenge of analysis Helen Wallace

Author Biography:
University of Mannheim, Germany Central European University, Budapest, Hungary.