The British Labour Party, Transnational Influences and European Community Membership, 1960–1973

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-3-515-10775-4
Verlag: Franz Steiner

Buch, Englisch, Band Band 24, 217 Seiten, Kartoniert, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 383 g

Reihe: Studien zur Geschichte der Europäischen Integration (SGEI) / Études sur l’Histoire de l’Intégration Européenne (EHIE) / Studies on the History of European Integration (SHEI)

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 book addresses issues arising from processes and contexts in transnational arenas and questions related to continuity and change in attitudes to British EC membership.

To a considerable extent it differentiates existing accounts of the British Labour Party's European policy up until Britain joined the EC in 1973. While establishing a correlation between intensified and restructured transnational social democratic networking and evolving perceptions of EC membership within the party leadership, it also demonstrates greater continuity in the party's European policies than existing studies have allowed. The book also clearly demonstrates that cross-border networking is an essential and often-neglected factor when explaining changed perceptions of supranational European integration during the period.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Steinnes, Kristian

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Politische Parteien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik

Über Autor(innen)

Steinnes, Kristian
Kristian Steinnes is Professor of Modern European History and European Studies at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Since the mid-1990s he has taught modern economic and political history, EU policy-making, EU governance and EU political economy. His research interests include European integration, transnational European networks, modern European political economy and modern economic and political history.