本书解释了瑞士联邦和欧洲联盟之间关系的主要关键因素。一开始，作者分析了长期在边缘化和成员之间徘徊的瑞士联邦和欧洲联盟的特殊关系不断发展的步骤。 他还引领我们探讨了瑞士的公民投票。最后，也许是最重要的是，本书解释了为什么瑞士仍然反对加入欧洲联盟。它从政策的层面，讨论了身份上的棘手问题。矛盾的是，通过双边协定，瑞士越接近欧盟，瑞士加入欧盟的前景就似乎更加遥远。这是瑞士联邦和欧洲联盟关系的核心难题。

【目录】

The First Four Decades - The European Economic Area (EEA) - The First Bilateral Agreements - The Bilateral Agreements II - Pursuing a Bilateral Path - Accession to the EEA - Accession to the EU - Why Switzerland Refused to Join the European Union - Conclusions: Interesting Paradoxes.

【作者简介】

René Schwok occupies the Jean Monnet Chair in Political Science at the European Institute and at the Department of Political Science of the University of Geneva. He is also Director of the Masters Programme of Advanced Studies in International and European Security, jointly with the Geneva Center for Security Policy. Since 2008, René Schwok has been President of the European Community Studies Association (Switzerland). He has been Visiting Professor at the Diplomatic Academy of Malta, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Université de Fribourg, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, and Université catholique de Louvain.