Jakob Gustavsson
Senior lecturer
The Politics of Foreign Policy Change : Explaining the Swedish Reorientation on EC Membership
Author
Summary, in English
This model is then applied to the Swedish government1s decision in October 1990 to restructure its relationship to the West European integration process. The author argues that with the end of the Cold War, the poor prospects in the EEA negotiations and the emerging recession, the basic preconditions for Sweden1s long-standing policy of non-EC membership had been significantly altered. The structural changes in the international and domestic environment were perceived and acted upon by Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson. Forming an informal coalition with Minister of Finance Allan Larsson, Carlsson launched the policy reorientation in the midst of a severe balance of payments crisis. By redefining Swedish EC membership from a political to an economic issue, he successfully capitalized on the seriousness of the economic situation and marginalized potential opponents to EC membership within the cabinet.
Department/s
- Department of Political Science
Publishing year
1998
Language
English
Publication/Series
Lund Political Studies
Issue
105
Full text
Document type
Dissertation
Publisher
Lund University Press
Topic
- Political Science
Keywords
- Ingvar Carlsson
- European integration
- explanation
- decision-making
- EC membership
- Sweden
- foreign policy
- change
- Political and administrative sciences
- Statsvetenskap
- förvaltningskunskap
Status
Published
Supervisor
- [unknown] [unknown]
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISBN: 91-7966-526-8
- ISBN 91-7966-526-8
Defence date
27 May 1998
Defence time
10:15
Defence place
N/A
Opponent
- Helge Hveem (Professor)