National statecraft and European integration : the conservative government and the European Union, 1979-97 / Jim Buller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buller, Jim.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conservative Party (Great Britain).

European Union--Great Britain.

European Union.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1979-1997.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

viii, 190 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Pinter, 2000.

Summary:

This book examines Britian's reputation as an "awkward partner" in the E.U. Jim Buller focuses on the policy of successive Conservative governments, asking why one of the most electorally successful political parties in the twentieth century eventually tore itself apart over Europe.Isolating key events, Buller analyzes the motivations of the Conservative governments. He argues that far from being a "semi-detatched" partner, British economic policy was increasingly Europeanized" during this period.

Contents:

1 The Europeanization of British Policy: A Statecraft Approach 1

2 Domestic Economic Problems and External Market Solutions: Britain's Relations with the European Union in Historical Perspective 22

3 Resurrecting the Old Autonomy Code: 'Monetarism in One Country' and the Challenge of International Economic Forces 48

4 The Europeanization of Conservative Statecraft 68

5 The Negotiation of the Single European Act: Institutional Legacies and the Problem of Foreign Policy Implementation 88

6 European Integration and the Challenge to Conservative Statecraft 119

7 Falling Apart over the 'Heart of Europe': Euro-scepticism and the Electoral Decline of the Conservative Party 140.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-184) and index.

ISBN:

1855675889

OCLC:

43403452