Going Europe or Going Dutch?

Samenvatting

Table of Contents - 6[-]Acknowledgements - 8[-]Figures and tables - 10[-]Chapter 1. Opening the black box - 12[-] 1. Introduction - 12[-] 2. Why study governments in the EU? - 13[-] 3. About definitions and scope - 18[-] 4. Organisation of the book - 25[-]Chapter 2. Governments in European integration theory - 28[-] 1. A tale of two why-questions - 28[-] 2. Neofunctionalism - 29[-] 3. Intergovernmentalism - 36[-] 4. Discussion - 41[-]Chapter 3. Governments in the theoretical new Europe - 44[-] 1. Introduction - 44[-] 2. Integration theory on the move from \'why\' to \'how\' - 44[-] 3. Multi-level governance: the messy state - 46[-] 4. How Europe hits home: studies of Europeanisation - 50[-] 5. A new \'opportunity-structure\' for national governments - 57[-] 6. ... Discussion - 69[-]Chapter 4. Designing a framework for analysis - 72[-] 1. Introduction - 72[-] 2. Relevant variables: a literature review - 73[-] 3. Fitting variables into a framework - 78[-] 4. Discussion - 97[-]Chapter 5. How the Netherlands shapes EU-policy - 106[-] 1. Introduction - 106[-] 2. Stable core values in the Netherlands\' EU policy - 107[-] 3. The growing doubts of a founding father - 111[-] 4. The shaping potential of the Dutch government - 114[-] 5. Relevant developments in the 1990s - 118[-] 6. Discussion - 121[-]Chapter 6. Research design for the case-studies - 126[-] 1. Introduction - 126[-] 2. In search of a research method - 126[-] 3. Intensive process tracing and analysis - 130[-] 4. Sources and methods of data collection - 138[-]Chapter 7. Shaping the Gas Directive - 142[-] 1. Introduction - 142[-] 2. The decision context: backgrounds - 143[-] 3. Identifying key actors - 145[-] 4. A bird\'s eye view on the decision-making process - 152[-] 5. Reconstructing negotiations around key issues - 157[-] 6. A reconstruction of Dutch shaping attempts - 164[-] 7. Discussion - 170[-]Chapter 8. Shaping the Biopatent Directive - 176[-] 1. Introduction - 176[-] 2. The decision context: backgrounds - 177[-] 3. Identifying key actors - 179[-] 4. A bird\'s eye view on the shaping process - 183[-] 5. Reconstructing negotiations around key issues - 189[-] 6. A reconstruction of Dutch shaping attempts - 194[-] 7. Discussion - 200[-]Chapter 9. Discussion and Conclusions - 206[-] 1. Introduction - 206[-] 2. Discussing the Dutch government\'s shaping capacity - 206[-] 3. Confronting results with theory - 215[-] 4. Avenues for further research - 222[-] 5. To conclude - 229[-]References - 232[-]Appendix: The EU Policy Process in Brussels and The Hague - 248[-]Nederlandse samenvatting - 256[-]About the author - 264