
Transnational Socialism and European Integration
The Socialist Group in the Early European Parliament
Brian Shaev(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 17. November 2025
Book
Hardback
434 pages
978-0-367-24466-8 (ISBN)
Description
This history of the Socialist Group in the early European Parliament covers its role in six policy areas that formed the core of postwar European integration: foreign policy, democracy and institutions, social policy, agriculture, migration and free movement, and cartel and competition policy.
By the early 1960s, Socialist Group members had laboriously constructed an alternative path for European unity intended to reconcile trade liberalization with macroeconomic programming and social welfare. As their ambitions grew, they clashed with other party groups, turning the European Parliament into a venue for political battles. However, disappointments, generational turnover and European enlargement delivered mighty blows to the group's culture of transnational cooperation in the late 1960s-1970s. For readers interested in why many socialists supported European integration after WWII-the influence they had and how they grappled with the policy side of European unity-this book presents a penetratingly deep glimpse into the Socialist Group's concrete vision for a Socialist Europe in the postwar era.
This volume will appeal to scholars and students interested in social democracy, European Studies and European Union Studies, parliamentary democracy, and modern European political and economic history.
By the early 1960s, Socialist Group members had laboriously constructed an alternative path for European unity intended to reconcile trade liberalization with macroeconomic programming and social welfare. As their ambitions grew, they clashed with other party groups, turning the European Parliament into a venue for political battles. However, disappointments, generational turnover and European enlargement delivered mighty blows to the group's culture of transnational cooperation in the late 1960s-1970s. For readers interested in why many socialists supported European integration after WWII-the influence they had and how they grappled with the policy side of European unity-this book presents a penetratingly deep glimpse into the Socialist Group's concrete vision for a Socialist Europe in the postwar era.
This volume will appeal to scholars and students interested in social democracy, European Studies and European Union Studies, parliamentary democracy, and modern European political and economic history.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
828 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-24466-8 (9780367244668)
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The Socialist Group in the Early European Parliament
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The Socialist Group in the Early European Parliament
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Person
Brian Shaev is Assistant Professor in History and European Union Studies at Leiden University. He has published widely on the history of social democracy and European integration, including on the Schuman Plan, the Algerian War, migration, international trade, welfare policy, transnationalism, and competition policy.
Content
Introduction 1. Foreign Policy 2. Democracy and Institutions 3. Social Policy 4. Agriculture 5. Migration and Free Movement 6. Cartel and Competition Policy. Conclusion