European Foreign Policy: The EC and Changing Perspectives in Europe: 24 (SAGE Modern Politics series) - Tapa blanda

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ABOUT THE EDITOR Steven Rathgeb Smith, Editor of NVSQ, is Associate Professor of Public Affairs at the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs and serves on the editorial boards of Voluntas, Public Management, the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, and Nonprofit Studies. A prolific author, he has written and coauthored many books and articles including Nonprofits for Hire: The Welfare State in the Age of Contracting and Public Policy for Democracy. A frequent conference presenter, Dr. Smith serves on a number of international advisory bodies and is chair of the Nonprofit Management Program at the Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington.

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Can the dominant theories in foreign policy analysis explain recent European events - particularly the twin `revolutions¿ of the ending of the Cold War and the proposed further integration of Europe under the Maastricht treaty?

In European Foreign Policy leading international scholars address the implications of this question. Analyzing foreign policy changes in the new Europe, the contributors assess the state and foreign policy, foreign economic policy, the long term future of European security and the role of multinational companies. The book also focuses on foreign policy actors in the light of major theories. The discussions range from the examination of weak power theory in the context of Nordic reactions to the Soviet coup to the agency-structure debate after the collapse of the Cold War European system.

In addition, there are two critiques by specialists from outside the field that explore the issues raised in this book from a feminist perspective as well as from a postmodern view of the wider theoretical context within which foreign policy analysis is embedded.