ABSTRACT

The four Nordic countries, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway, have all held referenda on their relationship to the European Union in the 1990's. These referenda catalysed heated debates: should Finland and Sweden give up neutrality? Should Denmark follow the European Union's move towards higher degrees of integration? And, had there been enough change in Norway to reverse the rejection of European Community membership in 1972?
These key questions about the future of European integration are addressed in this highly topical book by examining the crucial role played by national identity.

chapter 1|19 pages

Introduction *

chapter 2|30 pages

Identity, Communities and Foreign Policy

Discourse Analysis as Foreign Policy Theory

chapter 3|38 pages

Sustaining Sovereignty

The Danish Approach to Europe *

chapter 4|42 pages

This Little Piggy Stayed at Home

Why Norway is Not a Member of the EU *

chapter 5|52 pages

Sweden and the EU

Welfare State Nationalism and the Spectre of ‘Europe' *

chapter 6|32 pages

Finland in the New Europe

A Herderian or Hegelian Project?

chapter 7|12 pages

Conclusion