Europeanization and Transnational States: Comparing Nordic Central Governments (Routledge Advances in European Politics) - Hardcover

Jacobsson, Bengt; Lęgreid, Per; Pedersen, Ove K.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415299780 ISBN 13: 9780415299787

Publisher: Routledge, 2003

Synopsis

This book investigates what happens to an organized political unit when it becomes part of a larger entity and, in particular, how increased European integration and the tentative moves towards a transnational state will affect the European Union's nation state. Europeanization and TransnationalStates provides an extensive comparative survey of the central governments in four Scandinavian countries and analyses the ways in which the European Union has influenced the day-to-day work of their state administrations. It includes coverage of Denmark, a long-standing member of the European Union; Finland and Sweden, countries that became members in 1995 and Norway, a non-member.

The book utilises various theoretical perspectives - such as adaptation to external pressure, strategic choice and path-dependencies - to explain the changes related to increased European integration in central government agencies. It concludes that the consequences of Europeanization can be described as the growth of a transnational administration where identities as well as loyalties are created in processes that transcends the borders of states.

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About the Author

Bengt Jacobsson is Professor of Management at Södertörn University College, Sweden. Per Lęgreid is Professor of Administration and Organization Theory and Research Director at the Stein Rokkan Centre of Social Studies, University of Bergen, Norway. Ove K. Pedersen is Professor of Comparative Politics at The University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415299780
• ISBN 13: 9780415299787
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 206