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1 online resource : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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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. |
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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? |
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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. |
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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 andRussia; 7 Dutch Influence on Regulation ofMigration in Europe: Goodbye Nation State or a Pioneer Country on the Wrong Track?; 7.1 Introduction and Questions. |
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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. |
| Summary |
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 wants to move backward or forward in the EU and as if politicians are only too happy to criticize the EU. What prevails is the paradoxical image of a small open country that has cooled towards Europe. This book looks beyond grand statements like 'the Netherlands is for/against Europe' and employs th. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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European Union -- Netherlands -- Membership.
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European Union. |
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Netherlands. |
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European Union. |
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Netherlands -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
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Politics and government. |
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21st century |
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2000 - 2099 |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Schout, Adriaan, 1961- editor.
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Rood, J. Q. Th., 1954- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Netherlands as an EU member 9789490947996 (OCoLC)870637605 |
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9789460946967 (electronic book) |
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9460946968 (electronic book) |
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1322319308 (e-book) |
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9781322319308 (e-book) |
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9789490947996 |
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9490947997 |
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