Bengt Jacobsson is Professor of Management at Södertörn University College, Sweden. Per Lægreid is Professor of Administration and Organization Theory and Research Director at the Stein Rokkan Centre of Social Studies, University of Bergen, Norway. Ove K. Pedersen is Professor of Comparative Politics at The University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

• Chapter 1 Europeanization of Nordic states; Chapter 2 Transnational states; Chapter 3 Segmented states; Chapter 4 Robust and flexible states; Chapter 5 Translating states; Chapter 6 Democratic challenges; Chapter 7 Understanding transnational states;

Bengt Jacobsson is Professor of Management at Södertörn University College, Sweden. Per Lægreid is Professor of Administration and Organization Theory and Research Director at the Stein Rokkan Centre of Social Studies, University of Bergen, Norway. Ove K. Pedersen is Professor of Comparative Politics at The University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

• Chapter 1 Europeanization of Nordic states; Chapter 2 Transnational states; Chapter 3 Segmented states; Chapter 4 Robust and flexible states; Chapter 5 Translating states; Chapter 6 Democratic challenges; Chapter 7 Understanding transnational states;

Bengt Jacobsson is Professor of Management at Södertörn University College, Sweden. Per Lægreid is Professor of Administration and Organization Theory and Research Director at the Stein Rokkan Centre of Social Studies, University of Bergen, Norway. Ove K. Pedersen is Professor of Comparative Politics at The University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

• Chapter 1 Europeanization of Nordic states; Chapter 2 Transnational states; Chapter 3 Segmented states; Chapter 4 Robust and flexible states; Chapter 5 Translating states; Chapter 6 Democratic challenges; Chapter 7 Understanding transnational states;