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The 11 contributors to this edited volume on Denmark's foreign policy--all Danish academics with specializations in history, international studies, and political science--explain why Denmark is a special case in the process of European integration. Part 1 treats theories and concepts of value in the interpretation of Danish foreign policy (the comparative approach, adaptation theory, and integration policy). While part 2 examines the historical and cultural preconditions of Denmark's policy, part 3 focuses on both internal and external determinants of foreign policy--the Nordic alternative to Denmark's European policy, relations with Germany, mass and elite attitudes, and the role of political parties in foreign policy change. Part 4 takes a decision-making perspective and expresses both goals and options. The dilemma, the volume concludes, is membership in the European Union "without" or "with" reservations. This volume offers fuller description and analytical treatment than The Odd Man Out?, ed. by Thomsen (1993) and Danish Neutrality, by Carsten Holbraad (1991). A fine addition to the literature on Denmark's foreign policy and the European Union. A bibliography accompanies each chapter. General readers, upper-division undergraduates, and above. G. A. McBeath University of Alaska Fairbanks
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