Looking to Europe

Looking to Europe
Author: Jens Henrik Haahr
Publisher:
Total Pages: 358
Release: 1993
Genre: History
ISBN:

Will membership in the European Community stand in the way of social democratic reform strategies? Are EC market liberalisations threatening national social democratic achievements? Questions like these have characterised the sceptical approach of many Western European social democratic parties to European integration. Not least this has been the case in Britain and Denmark, two of the most reluctant EC member states. Yet, by the early 1990s, both the British Labour Party and the Danish Social Democrats had developed policies on the European Community advocating a strengthening of the EC in a number of respects. The book examines the reasons for this development. The analysis demonstrates that the two parties' increasingly positive attitude towards a strengthened EC constitutes a political result of the ever-growing economic interconnectedness in Western Europe. The development also results from the unwillingness of social democratic parties to halt European integration at the market liberalist objective of the Single European Market.

Britain for and Against Europe

Britain for and Against Europe
Author: David Baker
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 280
Release: 1998
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780198280781

This study provides up-to-date analysis of the often problematic relationship between various elements of British political culture and the developing European Union. The book concludes by discussing future relations between Britain and Europe.

Business and the Euro

Business and the Euro
Author: M. Duckenfield
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2006-02-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0230627242

This book explores how British and German business associations formed their political attitudes towards Economic and Monetary Union between 1988 and 1998. With provocative argument and unique insight, it demonstrates how business associations are political entities in their own right, acting strategically to promote members' specific interests.

Implications of the Euro

Implications of the Euro
Author: Mark Baimbridge
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2006-05-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134272278

To date, critical analysis of the EMU project has largely been advanced from the centre-right spectrum of British politics. Comparable questions from the centre-left have failed to find a coherent voice. Although, the European fault-line cannot be characterized as a neat Left-Right issue there are noticeable divisions in opinion across British business, the trade union movement and within the Labour Party. Offering a unique insight into this key debate from the ‘centre-left’, eurosceptic view point, this book provides a rigorous analysis of all the salient economic and political issues of concern, such as: * the economics of a single currency * employment and social implications * sovereignty * political determination. The arguments presented in this volume highlight the emergence of a coherent alternative to deepening economic integration as a platform to build a just and equitable society. Contributions are drawn from leading academics, trade union leaders and prominent politicians, both from the Labour Party and the wider progressive Left in British politics. This informative and thought provoking book will be indispensable reading for students and practitioners in economics, politics and international relations, as well as those interested in this highly contentious topic.

Britain in the European Union Today

Britain in the European Union Today
Author: Colin Pilkington
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1995
Genre: European Union
ISBN: 9780719045622

Europe remains the great fault line in British politics, the issue with the power to make or break prime ministers and government. This second edition offers a clear, concise introduction to the European Union and the role of Britain in European politics. Colin Pilkington explains how the EU has grown, and covers the impact of the EU on British policy-making and on European legislation. He also explores the British participation in the EU's legislative processes. New to this edition is coverage of the introduction of the Euro, the reform of the Commission, the Amsterdam Treaty, the elections of 1999, and Agenda 2000. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Ayes to the Left

Ayes to the Left
Author: Peter Hain
Publisher:
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1995
Genre: History
ISBN:

Focusing upon economic policy, Europe, reform of the British state and the global economy, he concludes with a new strategy for Labour in government. The choice for Britain is stark, he insists: between a remorseless economic decline with social decay, and a new popular socialism.

The Foundations of the British Labour Party

The Foundations of the British Labour Party
Author: Matthew Worley
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2009
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780754667315

Senior and up-and-coming scholars present the myriad elements that influenced the early development and political identity of the Labour Party, from the party's connections with powerful unions to the impact of socialism, religion, and other political and social movements on the new party.

Rethinking Britain and Europe

Rethinking Britain and Europe
Author: Mark Aspinwall
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2004
Genre: European Union countries
ISBN: 9780719069666

This title is a re-examination of British policy towards the European Union including a fresh consideration of how change to a proportional representation electoral system might alter British preferences on Europe. It offers a wealth of primary data on economic and social acitivity with fellow EU members.