<P>At present there is little work that focuses on the challenges facing states outside the euro-area and their tendency to develop either similar outlooks towards the euro-area or to develop common approaches to the handling life outside the euro. This book fills this vital gap, introducing the concept of a ‘fusion’ approach to explain the complex relationship between the national and EU levels in theoretical terms. It also presents:</P><UL><LI>a detailed study of the three euro-outsider countries of Britain, Denmark and Sweden from a comparative perspective </LI><LI>an original conceptual framework to explain the attitudes and policies of the euro-outsiders</LI><LI>a perspective that can be used as the basis for future broader studies that seek to utilize the fusion perspective when considering other EMU states. </LI></UL><P>Not only is this a comparative study of nation states’ policies towards one of the European Union’s leading policies, it tackles directly the challenges presented by the European project and its key monetary aspects. <P></P>This book will be of great interest to all students and scholars of politics, economics and of European Monetary Union in particular.<P></P>