1st Edition
Going Europe or Going Dutch? How the Dutch Government Shapes European Union Policy
By Mendeltje van Keulen
Copyright 2006
264 Pages
by
Routledge
The European Union has a huge impact on the government and policies of its member states. It is thus surprising that the ways in which national governments attempt to shape EU policies is a topic seriously understudied. This book discusses relevant academic insights and presents a framework for analysing national interest representation. The empirical part discusses the EU policy of the Dutch... Read more
Acknowledgements, Figures and tables, Chapter 1. Opening the black box, Chapter 2. Governments in European integration theory, Chapter 3. Governments in the theoretical new Europe, Chapter 4. Designing a framework for analysis, Chapter 5. How the Netherlands shapes EU-policy, Chapter 6. Research design for the case-studies, Chapter 7. Shaping the Gas Directive, Chapter 8. Shaping the Biopatent Directive, Chapter 9. Discussion and Conclusions, References, Appendix: The EU Policy Process in Brussels and The Hague, Nederlandse samenvatting, About the author
Biography
Mendeltje van Keulen, M.A., is a fellow for European Studies at the Netherlands Institute for International Relations ‘Clingendael’.
