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

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-3-515-10826-3
Verlag: Franz Steiner
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band Band 24, 217 Seiten, E-Book-Text

Reihe: Studien zur Geschichte der Europäischen Integration / Études sur l’Histoire de l’Intégration Européenne / Studies on the History of European Integration.

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 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 e-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

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;6
2;CONTENT;8
3;ABBREVIATIONS;10
4;CHAPTER 1;14
4.1;THE BRITISH LABOUR PARTY AND EUROPE;14
4.2;CONTINUITY AND CHANGE – AND TRANSNATIONAL NETWORKS;15
4.3;ANALYTICAL APPROACH;22
4.4;EMPIRICAL FOUNDATION;28
4.5;ARGUMENT AND STRUCTURE;30
5;CHAPTER 2;34
5.1;THE BRITISH LABOUR PARTY AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION, 1945–59;34
5.2;THE ECSC, THE POSTWAR LABOUR GOVERNMENT AND A PLANNED ECONOMY;34
5.3;REVISIONISM, ECONOMIC PLANNING AND EUROPE ON THE EVE OF THE SIXTIES;37
6;CHAPTER 3;42
6.1;IN SEARCH OF A EUROPEAN POLICY;42
6.2;A CHALLENGING TASK: DEFINING A CONSISTENT EUROPEAN POLICY;42
6.3;DIVIDED – AND UNDECIDED;45
6.4;RESTRUCTURED AND INTENSIFIED TRANSNATIONAL COOPERATION;50
6.5;TRANSNATIONAL COOPERATION AND THE PROSPECTS FOR SOCIALIST POLICIES;52
6.6;POLICY-MAKING AND ELECTABILITY;56
6.7;EARLY EUROPEAN POLICY FORMULATION RECONSIDERED;57
7;CHAPTER 4;60
7.1;MOVING TOWARDS A EUROPEAN POLICY;60
7.2;CONDITIONAL SUPPORT: LABOUR ’S RESPONSE TO THE EEC APPLICATION;60
7.3;GAITSKELL AND EUROPEAN SOCIALISTS;64
7.4;THE LOGIC OF WAIT-AND-SEE;67
7.5;TRANSNATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND TACTICAL MANOEUVRING;69
7.6;THE LABOUR PARTY: MOVING TOWARDS A CONCLUSION;73
7.7;GAITSKELL ’S POSITION REASSESSED;76
8;CHAPTER 5;80
8.1;AN EMPOWERED PARTY;80
8.2;THE FIRST WILSON GOVERNMENT AND EUROPE;80
8.3;TRANSNATIONAL EFFORTS TO BRING BRITAIN CLOSER TO THE EEC;83
8.4;FURTHER EFFORTS AND OBSTACLES;87
8.5;WILSON ’S FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE AND THE EEC ISSUE;89
9;CHAPTER 6;92
9.1;PREPARING AN APPLICATION;92
9.2;TRANSNATIONAL CONTACTS WITH CORE EUROPE SOCIALISTS;92
9.3;THE GENERAL ELECTION AND EEC-MEMBERSHIP;96
9.4;TACTICS AND TIMING;99
10;CHAPTER 7;106
10.1;APPLICATION AND VETO;106
10.2;A DELIBERATE APPROACH;107
10.3;MOBILISING TRANSNATIONAL NETWORKS;110
10.4;PROBING THE FRENCH;112
10.5;MEMBERSHIP BID AND VETO;117
10.6;EFFORTS TO SAVE THE APPLICATION;121
11;CHAPTER 8;124
11.1;NOT TAKING NO FOR AN ANSWER;124
11.2;THE APPLICATION LEFT ON THE TABLE;124
11.3;LABOUR ’S LEADERSHIP, THE FIVE AND GERMANY;125
11.4;ALL OR NOTHING;128
11.5;THE END OF THE BRITISH EUROPEAN POLICY IMPASSE;134
12;CHAPTER 9;140
12.1;THE VETO YEARS, EFTA AND A SOCIALIST POLICY FOR EUROPE;140
12.2;THE FRENCH NON, EFTA AND BRITAIN;140
12.3;A SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PROGRAMME FOR EUROPE: INITIATIVES AND DEVELOPMENTS;145
12.4;SOCIALISM ON A EUROPEAN LEVEL: DISPERSAL OF AN IDEA;149
13;CHAPTER 10;156
13.1;OPPOSITION, ENLARGEMENT AND THE EUROPEAN POLICY;156
13.2;PREPARING FOR NEGOTIATIONS;156
13.3;BRITISH EUROPEAN POLICY: CONTINUITY;157
13.4;MAXIMISING SOCIALIST POLICIES: POLICY FORMULATION AND NETWORKING;161
13.5;CROSS-BORDER ENDEAVOURS FOR MORE EUROPEAN SOCIALIST POLICIES;164
13.6;HARMONISED SOCIALIST UNDERSTANDING OF AN ENLARGED EUROPE;167
14;CHAPTER 11;172
14.1;WILSON AND THE FATE OF LABOUR ’S EUROPEAN POLICY;172
14.2;NO ACCESSION ON TORY TERMS;172
14.3;A POLITICAL LIFE RAFT: RENEGOTIATION AND REFERENDUM;177
14.4;MEMBER OF THE CLUB – POSTPONED LABOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE EP;180
15;CHAPTER 12;184
15.1;LABOUR AND EUROPE REASSESSED;184
15.2;EXPLAINING THE LABOUR PARTY ’S EUROPEAN POLICY;185
15.3;GREATER CONTINUITY AND EVOLVING PERCEPTIONS;187
15.4;TRANSNATIONAL NETWORKING, INTEREST MAXIMISING AND SOCIALISATION;193
16;LIST OF ARCHIVES;196
17;BIBLIOGRAPHY;198

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.