How are controversial national opt-outs managed and perceived in the EU? This article argues that the United Kingdom and Denmark compensate diplomatically for the exclusionary effects of their exemptions. A Bourdieudian approach to national diplomacy in the EU is developed to explore how British...

This article examines the formal and informal practices of two champions of opting out, the United Kingdom and Denmark, in the area of Justice and Home Affairs. On the surface, both countries have chosen to avoid further integration within this policy area to safeguard national autonomy. Foreign...

The Permanent Secretary of State of Foreign Affairs outlines the Danish foreign policy priorities of 2009, a year that was marked by the global financial crisis becoming an economic crisis. The fundamental conditions for Danish foreign policy are changing as a result of the economic crisis and...

Debating Europe offers a selection of fourteen country studies on the European Parliament election campaigns and the recent developments of national debates surrounding European integration, allowing for a comparative reflection on the more general evolution and limits of discourses concerning...

This book argues that European Union institutional mechanics and the EU as a political unit cannot be properly understood without taking into account the elites that make the policy decisions. Spurred by globalisation, technological and economic development has provided the backbone for social...

This book examines how sovereignty works in the context of European integration and postcolonialism. Focusing on a group of micro-polities associated with the European Union, it offers a new understanding of international relations in the context of modern sovereignty. This book offers a...