Going Europe or Going Dutch?: How the Dutch Government Shapes European Union Policy (Clingendael Dissertations) - Softcover

The European Union has a huge impact on the government and policies of its member states. It is thus surprising that the ways in which national governments attempt to shape EU policies is a topic seriously understudied. This book discusses relevant academic insights and presents a framework for analysing national interest representation. The empirical part discusses the EU policy of the Dutch government throughout the 1990s and presents a reconstuction of the negotiations on two internal market directives. It thereby offers both for academics and practitioners a clear oversight of the making of European poliices and the relevant moments and instruments for national interest representation.

De Europese Unie heeft een steeds grotere invloed op het bestuur en beleid van de lidstaten. Het is daarom verrassend dat de wijze waarop overheden de Europese Unie beïnvloeden tot op heden nauwelijks is onderzocht. Van Keulen analyseert dit scherpzinnig en beschrijft welke factoren daarbij in het geval van Nederland een rol spelen. Ze presenteert