The European Union and member states : analysing two arenas over time / Wolfgang Wessels, Andreas Maurer and Jürgen Mittag -- The European Union matters : structuring self-made offers and demands / Andreas Maurer and Wolfgang Wessels -- Belgium : Europeanisation and Belgian federalism / Christian Franck, Hervé leclercq and Claire Vandevievere -- Denmark : in pursuit of influence and legitimacy / Finn Laursen -- Germany : fragmented structures in a complex system / Andreas Maurer -- Finland : smooth adaptation to European values and institutions / Teija Tiilikainen -- Greece : a never-ending story of mutual attraction and estrangement / Nikos Frangakis and Antonios D. Papayannides -- Spain : the emergence of a new major actor in the European arena / Felipe Basabe Lloréns -- France : the European transformation of the French model / Andrea Szukala -- Ireland : modernisation via Europeanisation / Brigid Laffan -- Italy : progress behind complexity / Flaminia Gallo and Birgit Hanny -- Luxembourg : flexible and pragmatic adaptation / Danielle Bossaert -- The Netherlands : a former founding father in search of control / Ben J.S. Hoetjes -- Austria : domestic change through European integration / Otmar Höll, Johannes Pollack and Sonja Puntscher-Riekmann -- Portugal : one way to Europeanisation / Maria João Seabra -- Sweden : another awkward partner? / Karl Magnus Johansson -- The United Kingdom : between political controversy and administrative efficiency / Kenneth A. Armstrong and Simon Bulmer -- The 'one' and the 'fifteen'? : the member states between procedural adaptation and structural revolution / Jürgen Mittag and Wolfgang Wessels
Summary
This book provides a country-by-country analysis of how European policy is made and applied in the Member States. Its central focus is the involvement of national institutions and how non-state actors interact and fit into the Union's system
