"Interest groups and European Union policymaking: The influence of defense industry interests"

Guay, Terrence R. (1997) "Interest groups and European Union policymaking: The influence of defense industry interests". In: UNSPECIFIED, Seattle, WA. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

The nation state has traditionally been responsible for developing and implementing defense industrial policies. However, as this paper illustrates, interest groups with a stake in defense industry matters are increasingly calling for European-level solutions to the problems affecting this economic sector. After collating the interests of major defense firms, as well as several labor and other groups, we find that almost all substate actors would like national governments to cooperate more on armaments policies, and that many groups would like the European Union to become more involved in defense industry matters.

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