A stranger in Europe : Britain and the EU from Thatcher to Blair / Stephen Wall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wall, Stephen, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Foreign relations--1979-1997.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--1997-.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--European Union countries.

European Union countries--Foreign relations--Great Britain.

European Union countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the story of how British governments have wrestled with policy towards the European Union, written by someone who worked closely with many of Britain's political leaders in shaping an often fraught but always full-frontal relationship between Britain and her European partners. - ;For over twenty years, at the heart of Whitehall, Sir Stephen Wall worked for British leaders as they shaped Britain's European policy: Margaret Thatcher fighting to get 'her money back'; John Major at Maastricht where the single European currency was born; Tony Blair negotiating the Amsterdam, Nice and Consti

Contents:

Contents; Abbreviations; 1. The Start of a Troubled Relationship; 2. The Dynamics of a Deal; 3. European Union or European Unity? The Campaign for the Single Market; 4. The Single European Act and Economic and Monetary Union; 5. The Euro and Union: Thatcher, Major, and Fin de Régime; 6. At the Heart of Europe: The Road to the Maastricht Treaty; 7. Success Turned Sour: From Maastricht to Mad Cow Disease; 8. "A New Dawn has Broken has it Not?" New Labour and the European Union; 9. How the British Government's European Policy is Made; 10. A Stranger in Europe; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J

KL; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Includes index.

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ISBN:

1-281-51533-7

9786611515331

0-19-153639-3

OCLC:

476239523