Sweden and the intergovernmental conference: Testing the 'membership diamond'
Authors: Miles, L.
Journal: Cooperation and Conflict
Volume: 33
Issue: 4
Pages: 339-366
eISSN: 1460-3691
ISSN: 0010-8367
DOI: 10.1177/0010836798033004001
Abstract:Since joining the European Union in January 1995, Sweden has been confronted with a relatively dynamic EU agenda - a situation complicated by the fact that the country has a generally EU sceptical population. This study examines Swedish perspectives on the 1996-7 Intergovernmental Conference (IGC), which culminated in the June 1997 Treaty of Amsterdam. It explores the relevance of Miles's 'Membership Diamond' through the application of two IGC-related case studies - openness and transparency and the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) - both of which were central platforms of Swedish proposals for the conference. The author argues that whilst some revisions are necessary the Diamond provides a useful conceptual framework and supplementary vehicle to theories of 'twolevel' games.© 1998 NISA.
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Sweden and the IGC: Testing the 'Membership Diamond'
Authors: Miles, L.
Journal: Cooperation and Conflict: Nordic journal of international studies
Volume: 33
Issue: 4
Pages: 339-366
Publisher: SAGE
ISSN: 0010-8367
DOI: 10.1177/0010836798033004001
Abstract:Since joining the European Union in January 1995, Sweden has been confronted with a relatively dynamic EU agenda — a situation complicated by the fact that the country has a generally EU sceptical population. This study examines Swedish perspectives on the 1996-7 Intergovernmental Conference (IGC), which culminated in the June 1997 Treaty of Amsterdam. It explores the relevance of Miles's `Membership Diamond' through the application of two IGC-related case studies — openness and transparency and the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) — both of which were central platforms of Swedish proposals for the conference. The author argues that whilst some revisions are necessary the Diamond provides a useful conceptual framework and supplementary vehicle to theories of `twolevel' games.
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