Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-266) and index.

Foreword / Mats Bergquist -- Preface / Lee Miles -- Introduction / Lee Miles -- Part I. Foreign relations. Swedish foreign and security policy / Jan Hallenberg -- 'EU icing on a Baltic cake' : Swedish policy towards the Baltic Sea and EU northern dimensions / Lee Miles and Bengt Sundelius -- Part II. The political system. The Europeanization of Swedish politics / Olof Ruin -- The Swedish party system and European integration / Anders Widfeldt -- Swedish interest groups and the EU / Michael Karlsson -- Swedish public opinion and the EU / Rutger Lindahl -- Part III. Policies. Swedish industrial policy and research and technological development : the case of European defence equipment / Ulrika Mörth -- Swedish monetary policy : on the road to EMU? / Mats Kinnwall -- Swedish environmental policy / Katarina Molin and Rüdiger K. W. Wurzel -- Swedish agriculture / Ewa Rabinowicz -- Part IV. Social issues. Swedish social policy and the EU social dimension / Arthur Gould -- Sweden : a mainstream member state and a part of Norden / Hans E. Anderson -- Conclusion : polishing the 'membership diamond' / Lee Miles.