1 Introduction – asymmetry and the problem of dominance Erik O. Eriksen and John Erik Fossum Part One: Forms of association without membership 2 The EU’s different neighbourhood models Sieglinde Gstöhl 3 The Swiss Way – the Nature of Switzerland’s Relationship to the EU Sandra Lavenex and René Schwok 4 Switzerland – bilateralism’s polarizing consequences in a very particular/ist democracy Joachim Blatter Part Two: Welcomed, inside, but still unwilling – two EEA countries assessed 5 Despoiling Norwegian democracy Erik O. Eriksen 6 The EEA and the case-law of the ECJ: Incorporation without participation? Halvard Haukeland Fredriksen 7 Iceland – A reluctant European? Baldur Thórhallsson 8 Norway’s Constitutional Acrobatics under the EEA Agreement Eirik Holmøyvik 9 Representation under hegemony? On Norway’s relationship to the EU John Erik Fossum 10 National administrative sovereignty – under pressure Morten Egeberg and Jarle Trondal 11 Reinforcing Executive dominance. Norway and EU’s foreign and security policy Helene Sjursen Part Three: Sovereignty Under Hegemony 12 The United Kingdom, A Once and Future? Non-Member State Chris Lord 13 Hegemony by association Erik O. Eriksen and John Erik Fossum