European Union and the making of a wider northern Europe
By: Pami Aalto.
Series: Routledge advances in European politics ;; 38
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Abingdon, Oxon; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
Subjects: European Union -- Europe, Northern; European cooperation; European Union countries -- Relations -- Europe, Northern; European Union countries -- Relations -- Russia (Federation); Europe, Northern -- Relations -- European Union countries; Russia (Federation) -- Relations -- European Union countries
Description: "This book provides the first comprehensive account of the emergence of the EU as a northern European power. It not only places the EU as an international actor in the context of northern Europe but also creates a new understanding of (inter- )relations between the EU and the states of the region."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: EU encounters norden; title: EU encounters post-Soviet north I : a new theoretical approach; title: EU encounters post-Soviet north II : EU views; title: New semi-insiders I : Estonia; title: New semi-insiders II : Latvia; title: New semi-insiders III : Lithuania; title: From close outsiders to semi-outsiders? : Russia and its northwestern regions; title: Future prospects of EU-led wider northern Europe.