The member states of the European Union / edited by Simon Bulmer and Christian Lequesne.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The European Union and its member states : an overview / Simon Bulmer and Christian Lequesne -- Exercising power and influence in the European Union : the roles of the member states / Helen Wallace -- Europeanization : how the European Union interacts with its member states / Tanja A. Börzel -- Germany and Europe : centrality in the EU / Jeffrey J. Anderson -- France : between integration and national sovereignty / Richard Balme and Cornelia Woll -- The United Kingdom : a Europeanized government in a non-Europeanized polity / David Allen -- Italy and Spain : a tale of contrasting effectiveness in the EU / Federiga Bindi with Manuela Cisci -- The Benelux countries : identity and self-interest / Erik Jones -- The EU and the Nordic countries : organising domestic diversity? / Morten Egeberg -- The Europeanization of Austria and Ireland : small can be difficult? / Gerda Falkner and Brigid Laffan -- Greece and Portugal : convergent or divergent Europeanization? / Béatrice Hibou -- The new member states and the EU : the challenge of adapting to Europe / Klaus H. Goetz -- The Europeanization of member state institutions / Hussein Kassim -- The Europeanization of interest groups and political parties / Robert Ladrech -- The Europeanization of national policy / Simon Bulmer and Claudio M. Radaelli -- The Europeanization of national economies? / Vivien A. Schmidt.