Switzerland and the European Union
Subtitle: a close, contradictory and misunderstood relationship
By: edited by Clive H. Church
Contributors: Church, Clive H
Series: Europe and the nation state -- 11
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
Subjects: European Union -- Switzerland; European federation; Switzerland -- Foreign economic relations -- European Union countries; European Union countries -- Foreign economic relations -- Switzerland; Europe -- Economic integration
Description: Despite its geographical centrality and economic involvement in Europe, Switzerland is neither a member of the EU or the European Economic Area. This book demonstrates the range, depth and complexity of Switzerland's developing relations with the wider European community.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Clive H. Church; title: Federalism : institutional adaptation and symbolic constraints / Paolo Dardanelli; title: Direct democracy and European integration : a limited obstacle? / Alexander Trechsel; title: Swiss neutrality? : incompatible with the EU? / Daniele Ganser and Georg Kreis; title: Populism in Switzerland and the EU : from vox populi to vox mediae / Regula Stämpfli; title: Swiss international economic relations : assessing a small and open economy / Rolf Weder; title: Sectors, structures and suspicions : financial and other aspects of Swiss economic relations with the EU / Clive H. Church with Christina Severin and Bettina Hurni; title: The (contentious) human face of Europeanization : free movement and immigration / Philippe Koch and Sandra Lavenex; title: The wider setting of Swiss foreign policy / Laurent Goetschel; title: Continuities within change : the background of Swiss relations with Europe / Clive H. Church; title: Back to the future : the first round of bilateral negotiations with the EU / Cédric Dupont and Pascal Sciarini; title: Bilaterals II : reaching the limits of the Swiss third way? / Alexandre Afonso and Martino Maggetti; title: The EU response to Switzerland : still a "special case"? / Sieglinde Gstöhl; title: Prospects / Yannis Papadopoulos