| Description |
xiii, 323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Themes in European governance |
|
Themes in European governance.
|
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Introduction -- Part I. Security, Power or Welfare? Eastern Enlargement in a Rationalist Perspective: 1. Rationalist institutionalism and the enlargement of regional organizations -- 2. NATO enlargement -- 3. EU enlargement -- Part II. Expanding the Western Community of Liberal Values and Norms: Eastern Enlargement in a Sociological Perspective: 4. Sociological institutionalism and the enlargement of regional organizations -- 5. Eastern enlargement and the Western international community -- 6. The event history of enlargement -- Part III. Association Instead of Membership: Preferences and Bargaining Power in Eastern Enlargement: 7. Process hypotheses -- 8. State preferences and the initial enlargement process -- Part IV. From Association to Membership: Rhetorical Action in Eastern Enlargement: 9. Rhetorical action -- 10. The decision to enlarge NATO -- 11. The decision to enlarge the EU |
| Summary |
Frank Schimmelfennig analyzes Eastern enlargement of the European Union and NATO and develops an original theory to explain why it occurred. Backed by original data, he argues that expansion to the East can be understood in terms of liberal democratic values and the shaming of opponents |
| Notes |
Title from e-book title screen (viewed October 15, 2007) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Membership.
|
|
National security -- Europe.
|
| SUBJECT |
Europe -- Economic integration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045678
|
| Author |
MyiLibrary.
|
| LC no. |
2003046173 |
| ISBN |
0521828066 cased |
|
0521535255 paperback |
|
