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Labour's European Dilemmas
R. Broad
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Description for Labour's European Dilemmas
Paperback. Series: Contemporary History in Context. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HBJD1; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
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.
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.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
Series
Contemporary History in Context
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349421251
SKU
V9781349421251
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99-15
About R. Broad
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Labour's European Dilemmas
'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 ... Read more