Labour's European Dilemmas
From Bevin to Blair
Published on 12. September 2001
Book
Hardback
XXVI, 244 pages
978-0-333-80160-4 (ISBN)
Description
For thirty years the Labour Party was wracked by conflict over membership of the European Community, swinging back and forth, pro and anti, when in and out of office. It was a conflict that helped keep the party in opposition for eighteen years until it abandoned its socialist basis under New Labour. The author as journalist and European Union official knew many of the major and minor players and brings this experience to bear.
Reviews / Votes
'The shifting attitudes of the Labour Party towards European integration between the premiership of Clement Attlee and that of Tony Blair provide a central theme of British History in the second half of the twentieth century. This lucid and well-researched survey for the student and the general reader, written by an Oxford-trained historian who later worked for both the European Commission and the European parliament, is therefore very welcome. It analyses key features, domestic as well as setting the scene for key debates on monetary and political union in the near future. It thus sheds light on Britain's post-war, post-imperial experience.' - Kenneth O'Morgan, author Britain since 1945: The People's Peace and Callaghan: a Life
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Series
Edition
2001 edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
XXVI, 244 p.
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 149 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
526 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-80160-4 (9780333801604)
DOI
10.1057/9780230508545
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Person
ROGER BROAD graduated in Modern History from The Queen's College, Oxford. As a journalist he wrote for the
Birmingham Post, Financial Times
and other journals and newspapers. In 1964-73 he worked for the European Commission and in 1973-86 headed the European Parliament's UK office. With R.J. Jarrett he write he wrote
Community Europe
and with Virginia Preston has recently edited a symposium
Moored to the Continent? Britain and European Integration since 1945.
Content
General Editor's Preface Acknowledgements List of Cartoons List of Abbreviations Chronology Vocabulary Introduction: Socialism and European Unity Bevin and the Three Circles Into the Breach? Gaitskell and the General The Second Try 'No Entry of Tory Terms' Staying or Going? The Public's Opinion Not Taking Yes for an Answer Withdrawal Pains Osmosis Making the Change New Labour, New Europe? Notes and References Biographical Notes Bibliography Index