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Auteur(s) : Broad, Matthew
Titre(s) : Harold Wilson, Denmark and the making of Labour European policy [Texte imprimé] / Matthew Broad
Édition : 1st. ed.
Publication : Liverpool (GB) : Liverpool University Press, 2017
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XI-288 p.) ; 25 cm
Collection : Studies in labour history ; 10
Lien à la collection : Studies in labour history (Liverpool)
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. [255]-274. Index
In 1958, Britain and Denmark both advocated closer European cooperation through the
looser framework of the Free Trade Area (FTA) rather than membership of the nascent
European Economic Community (EEC). By 1972, however, the situation had changed drastically.
The FTA was a long-forgotten concept. Its replacement, the European Free Trade Association
(EFTA), seemed economically and politically inept. Now, at the third time of asking,
both countries were on the verge of joining the EEC as full members. This compelling
analysis compares how the European policies of the British Labour Party and the Danish
Social Democrats evolved amid this environment. Based on material from 12 archives
in four countries, it updates our knowledge of key moments in both parties' interaction
with the integration story, including in the formative stages of the EEC in 1958¬-60
and the negotiations for British and Danish EEC membership in 1961-63, 1967 and 1970-72.
More innovatively, this book argues that amid an array of national and international
constraints the reciprocal influence exerted by Labour and the SD on each other via
informal party contacts was itself a crucial determinant in European policymaking.
In so doing, it sheds light on the sources of Labour European thinking, the role of
small states like Denmark in the integration process, and the prominence of the Anglo-Scandinavian
nexus in the broader narrative of British foreign policy in this period
Sujet(s) : Wilson, Harold (1916-1995)
Partis socialistes -- Danemark -- 1945-1970
Labour party (GB)
Indice(s) Dewey :
324.240 09 (23e éd.) = Partis politiques - Europe - Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781786948298. - ISBN 178694829X. - ISBN 9781786940483 (erroné). - ISBN 1786940485
(erroné) (rel.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb457158914
Notice n° :
FRBNF45715891
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