%0 Book %A Gamze Tanil %D 2012 %C Berlin, Germany %I Peter Lang Verlag %@ 9783653022612 %T Why is Norway Outside the European Union? %B Norwegian National Identity and the Question of European Integration %R 10.3726/978-3-653-02261-2 %U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1044487 %X This book introduces identity politics into the analysis of international relations. Through the usage of identification approaches, combined with an extensive presentation of the specific features of Norwegian nation-building, it offers a lucid account of how Norway’s history and culture shape the prism through which many Norwegians view the merits of their country’s relations with the emerging European Union. %K Nationalism, Social constructivism, European Free Trade Association, European Economic Area, agricultural policy, fisheries policy, welfare state, sovereignty, Vikings %G English