An Awkward Partner: Britain in the European Community

by StephenGeorge (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1990

  $3.25

  Surveying the policies that earned Britain her reputation for being at odds with major Community initiatives and for taking an independent point of view, this work stresses the influence of external circumstances and of domestic political considerations in shaping these policies and analyses some of the underlying political reasons for Britain's perceived awkwardness.

• Used

  Paperback
  1994

  $3.25

  In the second edition of this text, Stephen George takes a long hard look at Britain's policy towards the European Community. In two completely new chapters and a new conclusion the author brings his account up to date and asks what direction the awkward partnership between Britain and the EC might take in the future.

• New

  Paperback
  1998

  $57.09

  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.