Dealing with Britain: The Six and the First UK Application to the EEC

by N. Piers Ludlow

Overview

Britain's 1961 application was the first time that the European Community was obliged to consider a membership application from one of its neighbors. Piers Ludlow's study challenges traditional views of the British application and casts new light on the way in which the EEC responded to the challenge of enlargement. The book provides an original analysis of a crucial chapter in European history, and offers important insights into differing conceptions of the European Community that remain relevant to contemporary debates.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521595360
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	10/13/1997
Series:	Cambridge Studies in International Relations , #56
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.63(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. From separation to application: May 1950–July 1961; 2. Devising the rules of the game: August 1961–December 1961; 3. Setting the agenda: October 1961–March 1962; 4. Learning to advance - the search for a fruitful method: January 1962–July 1962; 5. A race against the clock - the tenth ministerial meeting: July 1962–August 1962; 6. Agricultural impasse: September 1962–December 1962; 7. The end of a chapter: January 1963; 8. Conclusion.

Editorial Reviews

"Dealing with Britain is unequivocally centered on the deals struck, or not struck, in Brussels between 1961 and 1963. As such it provides an excellent and authoritative analysis of the state of the EC in that period and makes an important contribution to the burgeoning school of EC history." Andrew P. Geddes, American Political Science Review

"Ludlow's book...provides an excellent historical analysis useful to anyone interested in the evolution of the EEC or in the dynamics of international interactions generally." Choice

"Ludlow's main contribution is to the history of the European Community." James Ellison, Albion

"Ludlow tells his story well, in a clear and accessible style. The main arguments and contentions are brought together effectively in a concluding chapter which will form a useful addition to reading lists." American Historical Review

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