Overview

European integration has long been a controversial issue in British politics. Whether we should have the Euro and a European Constitution have caused even deeper divides to emerge. This timely and comprehensive book looks at the European policies of the British Left since the end of World War II and provides a clear illustration of the range of debates that have taken place. It also includes interviews with the key players including Tony Benn and Neil Kinnock.

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Author:   Dr Andrew Mullen ,  Tony Benn
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.300kg
ISBN:  

9780826493668

ISBN 10:   0826493661
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   15 January 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Language:   English

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Foreword by Tony Benn Introduction: The British Left and European Integration Part 1: European Integration and World Order Chapter 1: The History of the European Project Chapter 2: Europe in the World Part 2: The British Left and European Integration Chapter 3: European Third Force (1945-1947) Chapter 4: Intergovernmental Co-operation (1948-1960) Chapter 5: Conditional Support for Entry (1961-1970) Chapter 6: Opposition to Entry on Conservative Terms (1971) Chapter 7: Renegotiating the Terms of Membership (1972-1974) Chapter 8: The 1975 Referendum Chapter 9: Reforming the European Economic Community (1976-1979) Chapter 10: Withdrawal (1980-1987) Chapter 11: Constructive Engagement (1988-1996) Chapter 12: The Only Card Game in Town (1988-1996) Chapter 13: The New Party of Europe (1997-2005) Chapter 14: Promoting a People's Europe (1997-2005) Chapter 15: The Retreat from Radicalism (1988-2005) Part 3: Past, Present and Future Chapter 16: The British Left and European Integration in the Past Chapter 17: Theorizing the British Left and European Integration Chapter 18: The British Left and European Integration in the Present and the Future Appendix: Policy-making on the British Left Bibliography Index

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This is a thoroughly comprehensive study; it is articulate The detailed analysis of arguments within the Trades Union Congress, the major industrial unions and the Labour party, and indeed the shadow cabinet, is a valuable contribution to understanding the changing dynamic; it will be of considerable interest to students of modern British political history. Journal of Contemporary european studies, 01 december 2008--Derek Hawes

Andrew Mullen's book is an impressively researched and controversial addition to literature on British politics and European integration ... [the] book is one with which scholars should engage, both as an extremely useful reference to the policies of the Left, and a sustained attempt to place them within a wider international structure. - Contemporary British History This is a thoroughly comprehensive study; it is articulate The detailed analysis of arguments within the Trades Union Congress, the major industrial unions and the Labour party, and indeed the shadow cabinet, is a valuable contribution to understanding the changing dynamic; it will be of considerable interest to students of modern British political history. Journal of Contemporary european studies, 01 december 2008--Sanford Lakoff

Author Information

Dr Andrew Mullen is a Senior Lecturer in Politics at Northumbria University in Newcastle upon Tyne. He is the author of Anti- and Pro-European Propaganda Campaigns in Britain (forthcoming by Continuum), co-author of The 1975 Referendum on Europe - Volume 2: Current Analysis and Lessons for the Future (Imprint Academic, 2007) and contributor to Implications of the Euro: A Critical Perspective from the left (Routledge, 2006) and The 1975 Referendum on Europe - Volume 1: Reflections of the Participants (Imprint Academic, 2007).

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