British labour party, transnational influences and European Community membership, 1960-1973 / Kristian Steinnes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steinnes, Kristian, author.

Series:

Studien zur Geschichte der Europäischen Integration ; Nummer 24.

Geschichte (Franz Steiner Verlag)

Geschichte

Studien zur Geschichte der Europäischen Integration (SGEI) ; Nummer 24

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Union--Membership.

European Union.

European Economic Community--Great Britain.

European Economic Community.

Labour Party (Great Britain).

Transnationalism--Great Britain.

Transnationalism.

Europe--Economic integration--History--20th century.

Europe.

European Union countries--Politics and government--20th century.

European Union countries.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1964-1979.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Place of Publication:

Stuttgart, [Germany] : Franz Steiner Verlag, 2014.

Summary:

Current studies of the British Labour Party and the question of European Community (EC) membership are characterized by a striking absence of approaches combining the many transnational processes and contexts in which attitudes to the post-war European integration process developed, the application of non-British sources, and a close and archive-based analysis of the leadership's perceptions of joining the EC during the whole period 1960-73. As a result, this e-book addresses issues arising from processes and contexts in transnational arenas and questions related to continuity and change in at

Contents:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CONTENT; ABBREVIATIONS; CHAPTER 1; THE BRITISH LABOUR PARTY AND EUROPE; CONTINUITY AND CHANGE - AND TRANSNATIONAL NETWORKS; ANALYTICAL APPROACH; EMPIRICAL FOUNDATION; ARGUMENT AND STRUCTURE; CHAPTER 2; THE BRITISH LABOUR PARTY AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION, 1945-59; THE ECSC, THE POSTWAR LABOUR GOVERNMENT AND A PLANNED ECONOMY; REVISIONISM, ECONOMIC PLANNING AND EUROPE ON THE EVE OF THE SIXTIES; CHAPTER 3; IN SEARCH OF A EUROPEAN POLICY; A CHALLENGING TASK: DEFINING A CONSISTENT EUROPEAN POLICY; DIVIDED - AND UNDECIDED; RESTRUCTURED AND INTENSIFIED TRANSNATIONAL COOPERATION

TRANSNATIONAL COOPERATION AND THE PROSPECTS FOR SOCIALIST POLICIESPOLICY-MAKING AND ELECTABILITY; EARLY EUROPEAN POLICY FORMULATION RECONSIDERED; CHAPTER 4; MOVING TOWARDS A EUROPEAN POLICY; CONDITIONAL SUPPORT: LABOUR 'S RESPONSE TO THE EEC APPLICATION; GAITSKELL AND EUROPEAN SOCIALISTS; THE LOGIC OF WAIT-AND-SEE; TRANSNATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND TACTICAL MANOEUVRING; THE LABOUR PARTY: MOVING TOWARDS A CONCLUSION; GAITSKELL 'S POSITION REASSESSED; CHAPTER 5; AN EMPOWERED PARTY; THE FIRST WILSON GOVERNMENT AND EUROPE; TRANSNATIONAL EFFORTS TO BRING BRITAIN CLOSER TO THE EEC

FURTHER EFFORTS AND OBSTACLESWILSON 'S FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE AND THE EEC ISSUE; CHAPTER 6; PREPARING AN APPLICATION; TRANSNATIONAL CONTACTS WITH CORE EUROPE SOCIALISTS; THE GENERAL ELECTION AND EEC-MEMBERSHIP; TACTICS AND TIMING; CHAPTER 7; APPLICATION AND VETO; A DELIBERATE APPROACH; MOBILISING TRANSNATIONAL NETWORKS; PROBING THE FRENCH; MEMBERSHIP BID AND VETO; EFFORTS TO SAVE THE APPLICATION; CHAPTER 8; NOT TAKING NO FOR AN ANSWER; THE APPLICATION LEFT ON THE TABLE; LABOUR 'S LEADERSHIP, THE FIVE AND GERMANY; ALL OR NOTHING; THE END OF THE BRITISH EUROPEAN POLICY IMPASSE; CHAPTER 9

THE VETO YEARS, EFTA AND A SOCIALIST POLICY FOR EUROPETHE FRENCH NON, EFTA AND BRITAIN; A SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PROGRAMME FOR EUROPE: INITIATIVES AND DEVELOPMENTS; SOCIALISM ON A EUROPEAN LEVEL: DISPERSAL OF AN IDEA; CHAPTER 10; OPPOSITION, ENLARGEMENT AND THE EUROPEAN POLICY; PREPARING FOR NEGOTIATIONS; BRITISH EUROPEAN POLICY: CONTINUITY; MAXIMISING SOCIALIST POLICIES: POLICY FORMULATION AND NETWORKING; CROSS-BORDER ENDEAVOURS FOR MORE EUROPEAN SOCIALIST POLICIES; HARMONISED SOCIALIST UNDERSTANDING OF AN ENLARGED EUROPE; CHAPTER 11; WILSON AND THE FATE OF LABOUR 'S EUROPEAN POLICY

NO ACCESSION ON TORY TERMSA POLITICAL LIFE RAFT: RENEGOTIATION AND REFERENDUM; MEMBER OF THE CLUB - POSTPONED LABOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE EP; CHAPTER 12; LABOUR AND EUROPE REASSESSED; EXPLAINING THE LABOUR PARTY 'S EUROPEAN POLICY; GREATER CONTINUITY AND EVOLVING PERCEPTIONS; TRANSNATIONAL NETWORKING, INTEREST MAXIMISING AND SOCIALISATION; LIST OF ARCHIVES; BIBLIOGRAPHY

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 3, 2014).

ISBN:

3-515-10826-2