Sweden: From Neutrality to International Solidarity

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This book presents the legal and political factors determining international relations, including the processes of integration in all their complexity. The overall structure of the book, together with the composition of its separate chapters, allows for some general assumptions, identifying the main tendencies and placing them in a contemporary social context as well as establishing their relations with the practices of today. The content is a compendium of basic information and data related to the international processes which occur within specific formal, legal and political frames. The book is divided into five parts featuring not only deep historical context but most of all presenting current information and analyses of the last few years. Presented against the background and within the context of the Kingdom of Sweden’s political system and its international environment, the book brings into the foreground issues of particular importance for Sweden’s continuing European integration process and describes its response to the developments in the international situation. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Neutrality in International Relations: Theoretical Foundations (Ryszard M. Czarny)....Pages 3-12 Neutrality in the Theory of International Relations (Ryszard M. Czarny)....Pages 13-17 Front Matter ....Pages 19-19 The Origins of Sweden’s Neutrality (Ryszard M. Czarny)....Pages 21-29 Swedish Foreign Policy Objectives in the Interwar Period (Ryszard M. Czarny)....Pages 31-37 Neutrality of Sweden and the Experiences of WWII (Ryszard M. Czarny)....Pages 39-45 Front Matter ....Pages 47-47 End of War and Beginning of Peace (Ryszard M. Czarny)....Pages 49-53 Neutrality in the Foreign Policy of the Kingdom of Sweden (Ryszard M. Czarny)....Pages 55-72 The Policy of Active Neutrality (Ryszard M. Czarny)....Pages 73-88 Evolution of the Policy of Neutrality (Ryszard M. Czarny)....Pages 89-104 Front Matter ....Pages 105-105 Political Transition in the Last Decade of the 20th Century (Ryszard M. Czarny)....Pages 107-115 Sweden’s Accession to the European Union (Ryszard M. Czarny)....Pages 117-132 Reform of Swedish Defense Policy (Ryszard M. Czarny)....Pages 133-183 The Practical Dimension of International Solidarity (Ryszard M. Czarny)....Pages 185-195 Front Matter ....Pages 197-197 The Modern “People’s Home”—Folkhemmet (Ryszard M. Czarny)....Pages 199-205 Economy of the Kingdom of Sweden (Ryszard M. Czarny)....Pages 207-231 The Priorities of Common Foreign and Security Policy in the 21st Century (Ryszard M. Czarny)....Pages 233-259 Sweden in the Nordic and the Baltic Sea Regional Cooperation (Ryszard M. Czarny)....Pages 261-284 Activities for International Peace and Security (Ryszard M. Czarny)....Pages 285-301 Back Matter ....Pages 303-310