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The Netherlands as an EU member : akward or loyal partner? /

Many of the preconceptions about the Netherlands in the EU are wrong. Over the past few years, Dutch and international media have signaled almost daily that, all of a sudden, the Netherlands has changed from a pro-European country into an anti-European country. It is as if the Netherlands no longer...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Schout, Adriaan (Editor ), Rood, Jan (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: The Hague ; Portland : Eleven International Publishing, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Title Page; Preface; Table of contents; 1 Europe Beyond its Image; 1.1 Introduction: the Netherlands in Search of a European Foothold; 1.2 The Anti-European (Self- )image of the Netherlands; 1.3 The Image of the Netherlands as a Pro-European Country; 1.4 The Perception that Support among the Population Is Waning; 1.5 Conclusion: a Country Intertwined with the EU; 2 Public Opinion; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Netherlands in Europe; 2.2.1 Europe between the Netherlands and the World; 2.2.2 The EU: Concern and Knowledge; 2.2.3 The EU: Support for Membership and Policy Preferences.
  • 2.3 Developments2.3.1 The Long Term; 2.3.2 The 2000s; 2.3.3 From Banking Crisis to Euro Crisis; 2.4 Differences between Groups and Personal Backgrounds; 2.4.1 Backgrounds; 2.4.2 Political Preferences; 2.5 Fleeting and Fickle; 2.6 Where Do we Go from Here?; 3 The European Union: International Actor with Handicaps; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Objectives and Instruments; 3.3 Capacity to Act; 3.4 On Balance, What Has Been Achieved?; 3.4.1 Summarizing; 3.5 Concluding Observations: Implications for the DutchPolicy; 4 The Netherlands
  • Europe or the United States?; 4.1 What Europe?
  • 4.2 Towards a European Foreign and Security Policy4.3 Nuclear Weapons; 4.4 What United States?; 4.5 New Crises; 4.6 Financial Disaster; 4.7 Conclusion; 5 The Shifting Sands of the Arab Spring: Can the European Union and Dutch Foreign Policies Make a Difference?; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 From a Eurocentric Mediterranean Policy to a PragmaticPolicy?; 5.3 The Short-term Pragmatism and Conditionality of the EU's Policy Responses to the Arab Revolts; 5.4 The Added Value of the Dutch Foreign Policy; 5.5 Getting to Know the New Political and Geopolitical Actors.
  • 5.6 Conclusion: Evolution on the Shifting Sands of Democratic Transition?6 The Netherlands, Russia and the European Union; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The European Union and Russia; 6.3 Moscow, Brussels and the Member States; 6.4 The Dutch Interest; 6.4.1 Energy; 6.4.2 Human Rights
  • Democracy
  • Rule of Law; 6.4.3 ENP/Eastern Partnership; 6.5 Conclusions: the Netherlands, the European Union and Russia; 7 Dutch Influence on Regulation of Migration in Europe: Goodbye Nation State or a Pioneer Country on the Wrong Track?; 7.1 Introduction and Questions.
  • 7.2 Migration Rules in Europe and the Dutch Influence:1945-19707.3 Migration Rules in Europe and the Dutch Influence:1985-2002; 7.4 Internal Market, Intergovernmental Cooperation in Schengen, and the 'Third Pillar'; 7.5 The Role of the Netherlands; 7.6 New EU Migration Rules, 2000-2011; 7.7 The Role of the Netherlands, 2000-2011; 7.8 Second Change in the Dutch Position in 2010 (First RutteCabinet); 7.9 Differences with Earlier Attempts to Exert Influence inthis Field; 7.10 Conclusion: Choices in the Coming Years; 7.11 The Smaller Dutch Voice in Europe.