European Union Enlargement: A Comparative History

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Contributors......Page 9
Preface......Page 10
List of abbreviations......Page 11
Introduction......Page 14
Notes......Page 21
1 ‘What alternative is open to us?,......Page 23
British attitudes to early ‘core Europe’ integration and EFTA......Page 26
From laggard to leader of an enlarged ‘core Europe’?......Page 29
Expectations, disappointments and structural ambivalence......Page 38
Notes......Page 40
Introduction......Page 47
Denmark and ‘Europe’ after 1945......Page 50
From the application to accession......Page 56
Conclusion......Page 63
Notes......Page 65
Introduction......Page 70
Ireland and ‘Europe’ after 1945......Page 72
From the application to accession......Page 75
Conclusion......Page 80
Notes......Page 84
Introduction......Page 88
Greece and ‘Europe’ after 1945......Page 92
From application to accession......Page 97
Conclusion: the quest for security and modernization......Page 103
Notes......Page 107
5 In search of lost Europe......Page 112
Return to the international community......Page 114
One step forward: the long journey into the European Community......Page 117
Spain in the European Union......Page 125
Notes......Page 128
6 From Atlantic past to European destiny......Page 132
The New State and European unification after 1945......Page 133
Democratic Portugal: from application to accession......Page 139
Conclusion......Page 147
Notes......Page 149
Introduction......Page 152
Austria and ‘Europe’ after 1945......Page 154
From application to accession......Page 158
Conclusion......Page 162
Notes......Page 165
A winding path towards the EU......Page 172
From free trade with the EC to EU membership......Page 177
Conclusion......Page 184
Acknowledgements......Page 187
Notes......Page 188
9 Combining dependence with distance......Page 194
The need for economic, not political, cooperation......Page 196
A determined but sceptical member of EU......Page 203
Conclusion......Page 207
Notes......Page 210
10 A fool’s game or a comedy of errors?......Page 214
From coal and steel to the Common Market......Page 216
Towards the first enlargement......Page 219
Towards the southern and northern enlargements......Page 224
The European enlargements: a fool’s game or a comedy of errors?......Page 230
Notes......Page 231
Annotated bibliography......Page 235
Great Britain......Page 238
Denmark......Page 240
Ireland......Page 243
Greece......Page 245
Spain......Page 247
Portugal......Page 250
Austria......Page 252
Finland......Page 255
Sweden......Page 257
Index......Page 260