Efnisyfirlit

• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Contents
• List of figures
• List of tables
• Notes on Contributors
• Foreword
• Preface
• Abbreviations
• 1 Approaching the question Domestic background and conceptual framework
• Introduction
• Seven rounds of debates
• Political parties and their European policies
• The theoretical structure
• The structure of the book
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Part I
• 2 The first steps Iceland’s policy on European integration from the foundation of the republic to 1972
• Introduction
• The situation in the first years of the republic
• First discussion of involvement in European integration
• Membership of the EEC considered
• Iceland joins EFTA
• Summary
• Bibliography
• 3 A controversial step Membership of the EEA
• Introduction
• Background and negotiations
• Attitudes of the political parties and sectoral interest groups
• The effects of the EEA Agreement
• Summary
• Notes
• Bibliography
• 4 Deeply involved in the European project Membership of Schengen
• Introduction
• The Schengen scheme
• The background to Iceland’s entry into Schengen
• Iceland’s participation in the implementation, application and development of the Schengen Acquis
• The arguments advanced for Iceland’s participation
• Summary
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Part II
• 5 Partial engagement A practical solution
• Introduction
• Constraints on Iceland
• Summary
• Bibliography
• 6 Life is first and foremost saltfish1
• Introduction
• Development of the fisheries sector in Iceland
• Attitude of the fishing industry towards EU membership
• Sectoral influences on government policy on Europe
• Government committees and the occupational sectors
• The political parties and the occupational sectors
• Social movements and the occupational sectors
• The political parties, the fisheries sector and the prospect of EU membership
• The fisheries sector and the EU’s common fisheries policy
• Summary
• Notes
• Bibliography
• 7 The special relationship between Iceland and the United States of America
• Introduction
• Political parties and the relationship with the USA: nationalism and the EU debate
• The defence link between Iceland and the USA
• Economic and trade relations with the USA
• Summary
• Notes
• Bibliography
• 8 Discussing Europe: Icelandic nationalism and European integration
• Birth of a nation-state
• Is the nation-state dying?
• A nation pledges its allegiance to the state
• Summary
• Notes
• Bibliography
• 9 The Euro-sceptical political elite
• Introduction
• Pro-European elites: interests and identity
• A ‘realist’ conception of foreign policy
• Peripheral location
• Blocking the issue
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
• 10 Shackled by smallness A weak administration as a determinant of policy choice
• Introduction
• An administration in transformation
• Historical development and recent changes
• The increased capacity of the foreign service
• The relationship between interest groups and the administration
• Summary
• Notes
• Bibliography
• 11 Towards a new theoretical approach
• The 2003 debate
• Constraints, sectors and security
• The political elite and political discourse
• The size and characteristics of the national administration
• The national administration: universal applicability?
• Domestic characteristics and the political elite
• Changes in the domestic arena
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index