Ireland and the European Union. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Laffan, Brigid
• Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Boxes, Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Glossary of Irish Terms; Introduction; 1 Becoming a Member State; Introduction; Establishing and consolidating independence; Choosing Europe; Applying for membership; Preparing for membership; Negotiating membership; Legitimizing membership; Conclusions; 2 Ireland's EU Experience; 1973-86: learning to live within the European system; 1987-97: the emergence of the Celtic Tiger; 1998 and beyond: a new Ireland living in the new EU; A different relationship; 3 Managing Europe. Executive adaptation to EU membership -- framing the analysisManaging EU issues in Ireland: origins and development; Dissecting the system; The Holy Trinity: Departments of Foreign Affairs, the Taoiseach and Finance; The inner core and outer circle; Horizontal structures; The permanent representation; Processes; Information pathways; Executive-parliamentary relations; The balance sheet; 4 Parties and Parliament; Irish political parties and the EU; European Parliament elections in Ireland: second-order?; Voting on Europe; 5 Referendums and Public Opinion; EU referendums in Ireland. Irish attitudes to European integrationThe National Forum on Europe; 6 Multi-level Governance and Territorial Politics; Multi-level governance; Territorial organization in Ireland; Brussels money; Agenda 2000; European regulation; Over there in Brussels; Conclusions; 7 The EU and Irish Public Policy; Ireland and European economic governance; Irish agriculture and the CAP; Protecting Ireland's environment?; Out on a limb? Ireland and EU Justice and Home Affairs policy; 8 Irish Foreign Policy in the EU; From isolation to interdependence? New horizons -- Ireland and European political cooperationAfter 1989 -- Ireland's new security choices; Towards a common European defence? Ireland's ongoing security dilemma; Irish foreign policy into the future; 9 British-Irish Relations: The European Dimension; Introduction; Membership of the European Union; Managing the conflict; EU involvement in Northern Ireland; The Good Friday Agreement; Conclusions; 10 Ireland as a Model?; Model I: what not to do; Model II: economic catch-up; Model III: conflict resolution and development cooperation; Challenges; Conclusions. 11 Ireland: A Small State in a Large UnionIreland: a small state in the Union; Just how Europeanized?; What this 'Union' has meant to Ireland; What the Irish experience tells us about the EU; Further Reading; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 341.2422; Government/International; European Union -- Ireland; Ireland; Electronic books; Ireland
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1137048352; 9781137048356
• Related ISBNs: 1403949271; 9781403949271; 140394928X; 9781403949288
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