Reluctant Europeans : Britain and European integration, 1945-1998 / David Gowland and Arthur Turner.
Publisher: Abingdon : Routledge, 2014ISBN: 9781317878605 (ebk.); 9780582369566 (pbk.).Subject(s): European Economic Community -- Great Britain | European Union -- Great Britain | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1945-Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 337.4041 Online resources: Click here to access onlineItem type | Current library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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First published 2000 by Pearson Education Limited.
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Britain, Europe and the audit of war -- Western Union and the reconstruction of western Europe -- 'We are not ready' : Britain and the Schuman Plan -- The case for association -- The 'special relationship' and European unity -- The Commonwealth dimension -- From Messina to Rome -- On the defensive -- From application to veto -- Ancient rivalries -- Labour's retreat into Europe -- Mission accomplished -- Renegotiating 'Tory terms' -- 'Full-hearted consent' : the 1975 referendum -- Semi-detached : the Callaghan government and Europe -- More u-turns : Labour and the EC in the 1980s -- 'Megaphone diplomacy' : Thatcher and the EC, 1979-1984 -- Fatal attraction : Thatcher and the Single European Act -- 'At the heart of Europe'? -- Opting out : the Maastricht Treaty review -- Eurosceptics versus Europhiles -- 'War at last' : the beef crisis of 1996 -- Under new management : the general election of 1997 -- After Amsterdam : enlargement, employment and the Euro -- New Labour, old problems : the British presidency of 1998.