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Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- SECTION 1: THEORETICAL APPROACHES -- CHAPTER ONE: On Studying European Integration: Integration Theory and Political Economy -- CHAPTER TWO: Agenda-Setting in European Integration: The Conflict Between Voters, Governments and Supranational Institutions -- CHAPTER THREE: The Political Economy of Subsidiarity -- SECTION 2: POLICY CASES -- CHAPTER FOUR: The Effect of Regional Integration on Trade Policy: Lessons from the European Community -- CHAPTER FIVE: The Political Economy of CAP Reform -- CHAPTER SIX: Economic and Monetary Union -- SECTION 3: EXTERNAL RELATIONS -- CHAPTER SEVEN: EC-EFTA Relations: A Game-Theory Perspective -- CHAPTER EIGHT: The Political Economy of Association with Eastern Europe -- CHAPTER NINE: Accession to the European Union: The Ultimate Bargain.

Among the Nordic countries Denmark has been a member of the European Community (EC) since 1973. The other Nordic countries, for various reasons, did not feel they could join the EC until now. Recently they negotiated the European Economic Area (EEA) agreement with the EC, but, partly because of its limits, Sweden, Finland and Norway have now applied for EC membership. If the Maastricht Treaty on European Union enters into force they will be seeking to join a Union which will further deepen the European integration process. This, however, depends on a second Danish referendum, probably in May 1993. Since Denmark has been a `minimalist' member of the EC and now has been given some opt-outs from the Maastricht Treaty at the Edinburgh meeting of the European Council in December 1992, it is to be expected that the Nordic participants in the European integration process will remain `difficult' partners for those who have more ambitious plans for the future.

Denmark's "minimalist" approach to European integration and factors influencing applications for EEC membership by Norway, Sweden, and Finland. Outlook for the European Economic Area.