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Small States and EU Governance Leadership through the Council Presidency Simone Bunse StAntony’sSeries GeneralEditor:JanZielonka(2004–),FellowofStAntony’sCollege,Oxford Recenttitlesinclude: SimoneBunse SMALLSTATESANDEUGOVERNANCE LeadershipthroughtheCouncilPresidency JudithMarquand DEVELOPMENTAIDINRUSSIA LessonsfromSiberia Li-ChenSim THERISEANDFALLOFPRIVATIZATIONINTHERUSSIANOILINDUSTRY StefaniaBernini FAMILYLIFEANDINDIVIDUALWELFAREINPOSTWAREUROPE BritainandItalyCompared TomilaV.Lankina,AnnekeHudallaandHelmutWollman LOCALGOVERNANCEINCENTRALANDEASTERNEUROPE ComparingPerformanceintheCzechRepublic,Hungary,PolandandRussia CathyGormley-Heenan POLITICALLEADERSHIPANDTHENORTHERNIRELANDPEACEPROCESS Role,CapacityandEffect LoriPlotkinBoghardt KUWAITAMIDWAR,PEACEANDREVOLUTION PaulChaisty LEGISLATIVEPOLITICSANDECONOMICPOWERINRUSSIA ValpyFitzGerald,FrancesStewartandRajeshVenugopal(editors) GLOBALIZATION,VIOLENTCONFLICTANDSELF-DETERMINATION MiwaoMatsumoto TECHNOLOGYGATEKEEPERSFORWARANDPEACE TheBritishShipRevolutionandJapaneseIndustrialization HåkanThörn ANTI-APARTHEIDANDTHEEMERGENCEOFAGLOBALCIVILSOCIETY LotteHughes MOVINGTHEMAASAI AColonialMisadventure FionaMacaulay GENDERPOLITICSINBRAZILANDCHILE TheRoleofPartiesinNationalandLocalPolicymaking StephenWhitefield(editor) POLITICALCULTUREANDPOST-COMMUNISM JoséEstebanCastro WATER,POWERANDCITIZENSHIP SocialStruggleintheBasinofMexico January20,2009 9:11 MAC/BUNNY Page-i 9780230_537316_01_prexviii ValpyFitzGeraldandRosemaryThorp(editors) ECONOMICDOCTRINESINLATINAMERICA Origins,EmbeddingandEvolution VictoriaD.AlexanderandMarilynRueschemeyer ARTANDTHESTATE TheVisualArtsinComparativePerspective AilishJohnson EUROPEANWELFARESTATESANDSUPRANATIONALGOVERNANCEOFSOCIALPOLICY ArchieBrown(editor) THEDEMISEOFMARXISM-LENINISMINRUSSIA ThomasBoghardt SPIESOFTHEKAISER GermanCovertOperationsinGreatBritainduringtheFirstWorldWarEra UlfSchmidt JUSTICEATNUREMBERG LeoAlexanderandtheNaziDoctors’Trial SteveTsang(editor) PEACEANDSECURITYACROSSTHETAIWANSTRAIT C.W.Braddick JAPANANDTHESINO-SOVIETALLIANCE,1950–1964 IntheShadowoftheMonolith IsaoMiyaoka LEGITIMACYININTERNATIONALSOCIETY Japan’sReactiontoGlobalWildlifePreservation NeilJ.Melvin SOVIETPOWERANDTHECOUNTRYSIDE PolicyInnovationandInstitutionalDecay JulieM.Newton RUSSIA,FRANCEANDTHEIDEAOFEUROPE JuhanaAunesluoma BRITAIN,SWEDENANDTHECOLDWAR,1945–54 UnderstandingNeutrality HelenBelopolsky RUSSIAANDTHECHALLENGERS RussianAlignmentwithChina,IranandIraqintheUnipolarEra StAntony’sSeries SeriesStandingOrderISBN978–0–333–71109–5(hardback) 978–0–333–80341–7(paperback) (outsideNorthAmericaonly) Youcanreceivefuturetitlesinthisseriesastheyarepublishedbyplacingastandingorder. Pleasecontactyourbookselleror,incaseofdifficulty,writetousattheaddressbelowwith yournameandaddress,thetitleoftheseriesandtheISBNsquotedabove. Customer Services Department, Macmillan Distribution Ltd, Houndmills, Basingstoke, HampshireRG216XS,England January20,2009 9:11 MAC/BUNNY Page-ii 9780230_537316_01_prexviii Small States and EU Governance Leadership through the Council Presidency Simone Bunse AssistantProfessor, INCAEBusinessSchool,CostaRica InAssociationwith StAntony’sCollege,Oxford January20,2009 9:11 MAC/BUNNY Page-iii 9780230_537316_01_prexviii ©SimoneBunse2009 Foreword©KalypsoNicolaïdis2009 Allrightsreserved.Noreproduction,copyortransmissionofthis publicationmaybemadewithoutwrittenpermission. Noportionofthispublicationmaybereproduced,copiedortransmitted savewithwrittenpermissionorinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofthe Copyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988,orunderthetermsofanylicence permittinglimitedcopyingissuedbytheCopyrightLicensingAgency, SaffronHouse,6-10KirbyStreet,LondonEC1N8TS. Anypersonwhodoesanyunauthorizedactinrelationtothispublication maybeliabletocriminalprosecutionandcivilclaimsfordamages. Theauthorhasassertedherrighttobeidentified astheauthorofthisworkinaccordancewiththeCopyright, DesignsandPatentsAct1988. Firstpublished2009by PALGRAVEMACMILLAN PalgraveMacmillanintheUKisanimprintofMacmillanPublishersLimited, registeredinEngland,companynumber785998,ofHoundmills,Basingstoke, HampshireRG216XS. PalgraveMacmillanintheUSisadivisionofStMartin’sPressLLC, 175FifthAvenue,NewYork,NY10010. PalgraveMacmillanistheglobalacademicimprintoftheabovecompanies andhascompaniesandrepresentativesthroughouttheworld. Palgrave®andMacmillan®areregisteredtrademarksintheUnitedStates, theUnitedKingdom,Europeandothercountries. ISBN-13:978–0–230–53731–6hardback ISBN-10:0–230–53731–6hardback Thisbookisprintedonpapersuitableforrecyclingandmadefromfully managedandsustainedforestsources.Logging,pulpingandmanufacturing processesareexpectedtoconformtotheenvironmentalregulationsofthe countryoforigin. AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Bunse,Simone,1973– SmallstatesandEUgovernance:leadershipthroughtheCouncil presidency/SimoneBunse. p. cm.—(StAntony’sseries) Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978–0–230–53731–6 1. CounciloftheEuropeanUnion—Presidents. 2. EuropeanUnion countries—Politicsandgovernment. I. Title. II. Title:Smallstates andEuropeanUniongovernance. JN34.B862009 341.242(cid:2)2—dc22 2008052847 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09 PrintedandboundinGreatBritainby CPIAntonyRowe,ChippenhamandEastbourne January20,2009 9:11 MAC/BUNNY Page-iv 9780230_537316_01_prexviii To my parents January20,2009 9:11 MAC/BUNNY Page-v 9780230_537316_01_prexviii This page intentionally left blank Contents ListofTablesandFigures x Foreword xi Acknowledgements xiv Abbreviations xv 1 Introduction 1 I. TheCouncilpresidencyandsmallstates 1 II. Thegapsinourunderstandingofthepresidency 2 III. Hypotheses,methodology,andtheoretical underpinnings 4 IV. Thecases 10 V. Limitsandcaveats 14 VI. Structureandpropositions 16 2 ThePresidencywithintheEU’sInstitutionalBalance anditsEvolution 18 Introduction 18 I. Thepresidencyastheguardianofequality:theEU’S institutionalbalance 19 II. Theevolutionofthepresidency 31 Conclusion 37 3 TheCouncilPresidencyasaPolicyEntrepreneur: Nature,Agenda-settingPower,andConditionsfor Success 39 Introduction 39 I. Policyentrepreneurshipandagenda-settingintheEU 40 II. Conceptualisingthepresidency:neutralbrokerversus policyentrepreneur 43 III. ConditionsforSuccess 55 Conclusion 70 vii January20,2009 9:11 MAC/BUNNY Page-vii 9780230_537316_01_prexviii viii Contents 4 The1999FinnishPresidency:InternalMarketand ForeignPolicyPrioritiesandAchievements 74 Introduction 74 I. Finnishinternalmarketandforeignpolicy presidencyobjectives 75 II. Obstacles:theleadershipenvironment,institutional hurdles,andpreferencedivergence 79 III. Overcomingtheobstacles:thestrategicprocess 83 IV. Conditionsforsuccess 94 V. Revisionofachievements:assessingthecounterfactuals 103 Conclusion 111 5 The2001BelgianPresidency:InternalMarketand ForeignPolicyPrioritiesandAchievements 114 Introduction 114 I. Belgianinternalmarketandforeignpolicy presidencyobjectives 115 II. Obstacles:theleadershipenvironment,institutional hurdles,andpreferencedivergence 120 III. Overcomingtheobstacles:thestrategicprocess 126 IV. Conditionsforsuccess 139 V. Revisionofachievements:assessingthecounterfactuals 150 Conclusion 156 6 The2003GreekPresidency:InternalMarketand ForeignPolicyPrioritiesandAchievements 159 Introduction 159 I. Greekinternalmarketandforeignpolicypresidency objectives 160 II. Obstacles:theleadershipenvironment,institutional hurdles,andpreferencedivergence 164 III. Overcomingtheobstacles:thestrategicprocess 169 IV. Conditionsforsuccess 184 V. Revisionofachievements:assessingthe counterfactuals 192 Conclusion 199 7 Conclusion 202 I. Thepresidency,nationalinterests,andlevelsof influence 202 II. Aquestionofsize?Onthepresidency’sresourcesand constraints 206 January20,2009 9:11 MAC/BUNNY Page-viii 9780230_537316_01_prexviii Contents ix III. Thepresidencyasapolicyentrepreneur 210 IV. ThevalueoftherotatingCouncilpresidency 212 V. Arethealternativesbetter? 215 Appendix 218 Notes 222 Bibliography 244 Index 282 January20,2009 9:11 MAC/BUNNY Page-ix 9780230_537316_01_prexviii
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