TY - BOOK AU - Gamze Tanil PY - 2012 CY - Berlin, Germany PB - Peter Lang Verlag SN - 9783653022612 TI - Why is Norway Outside the European Union? T2 - Norwegian National Identity and the Question of European Integration DO - 10.3726/978-3-653-02261-2 UR - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1044487 N2 - 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. KW - Nationalism, Social constructivism, European Free Trade Association, European Economic Area, agricultural policy, fisheries policy, welfare state, sovereignty, Vikings LA - English ER -