TY - JOUR
T1 - The Diplomacy of Opting Out
T2 - A Bourdieudian Approach to National Integration Strategies
AU - Adler-Nissen, Rebecca
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - How are controversial national opt-outs managed and perceived in the EU? This article argues that the United Kingdom and Denmark compensate diplomatically for the exclusionary effects of their exemptions. A Bourdieudian approach to national diplomacy in the EU is developed to explore how British and Danish officials handle their opt-outs. By drawing on extensive interview data, it is demonstrated that the two opt-out champions employ various sophisticated strategies to overcome the dilemma between autonomy and influence. Some diplomatic strategies reduce marginalization while others enhance it. National opt-outs are ambiguous attempts at avoiding further European integration.
AB - How are controversial national opt-outs managed and perceived in the EU? This article argues that the United Kingdom and Denmark compensate diplomatically for the exclusionary effects of their exemptions. A Bourdieudian approach to national diplomacy in the EU is developed to explore how British and Danish officials handle their opt-outs. By drawing on extensive interview data, it is demonstrated that the two opt-out champions employ various sophisticated strategies to overcome the dilemma between autonomy and influence. Some diplomatic strategies reduce marginalization while others enhance it. National opt-outs are ambiguous attempts at avoiding further European integration.
U2 - 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2008.00799.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1468-5965.2008.00799.x
M3 - Journal article
SN - 0021-9886
VL - 46
SP - 663
EP - 684
JO - Journal of Common Market Studies
JF - Journal of Common Market Studies
IS - 3
ER -