An Awkward Partner: Britain in the European Community - Hardcover

George, Stephen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0198782241 ISBN 13: 9780198782247

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1998

Synopsis

This is the third edition of an established textbook on Britain's role in the European Community. Britain joined the EC in 1973, over twenty years after the first of the European Communities was formed. Within a year, she had established a reputation for being at odds with major Community
initiatives and for taking an independent point of view.This reputation was consolidated over the next twenty-four years.

In An Awkward Partner Stephen George surveys the policies that earned Britain this reputation, recording the role successive British governments have played in the European Community. He stresses the influence both of external circumstances and domestic political considerations in shaping these
policies and analyses some of the underlying political reasons for Britain's perceived awkwardness.

The first edition was the first book-length survey to appear in English of British policy toward the European Community, and rapidly became established as the leading book in the field for students. In this third edition, Stephen George brings his analysis up to date, taking the story of the Major
Government through to its end in the 1997 general election.

This new edition will continue to be invaluable to students taking courses on the European Community, comparative European politics, and public policy.

About this title

About the Author

Stephen George, Jean Monnet Professor in Politics, University of Sheffield.

Review

`A good historicl analysis which makes a contribution to various social policy and politics units.'
G Gillespie, University of Lincoln

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0198782241
• ISBN 13: 9780198782247
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 308