ABSTRACT
In this chapter the Swedish experiences in dealing with the administrative and political–strategic changes resulting from its new and formalized West European involvement will be analysed. The adaptations of national institutions, policies and strategies undertaken in the face of the revitalized European integration phase of the late 1980s and early 1990s will be outlined. Second, the demands of full membership from 1 January 1995 on material and human resources for governance at home, and on the personal involvements in a myriad of intensive European collaboration networks across multiple sectors will be traced. Constitutional issues, administrative structures, policy processes, the prevailing logic of appropriate procedures, policies and state strategies have been greatly affected by the requirements of membership.
