Britain and European Community / / Miriam Camps.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
• VerfasserIn: Camps, Miriam,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1964
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 2136
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (560 p.)

The author surveys the negotiations between Britain and the European Economic Community, analyzing official and public attitudes toward the British accession, and the influence of public opinion throughout the negotiations. She carefully examines the British search for entry, the development of the Community, and the member nations' discussions on political union.Originally published in 1964.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- I. THE BACKGROUND: 1946-1954 -- II. THE 'RELAUNCHING' OF EUROPE -- III. DRAFTING THE TREATY OF ROME -- IV. THE PROPOSAL FOR A FREE TRADE AREA -- V. THE FREE TRADE AREA NEGOTIATIONS -- VI. THE AFTERMATH OF THE BREAKDOWN OF THE FREE TRADE AREA NEGOTIATIONS -- VII. THE EUROPEAN FREE TRADE ASSOCIATION -- VIII. 'BRIDGE-BUILDING' AND THE REORGANIZATION OF THE OEEC -- IX. THE SHIFT IN BRITISH POLICY: REAPPRAISAL -- X. THE SHIFT IN BRITISH POLICY: CHANGING COURSE -- XI. THE FIRST STAGE OF THE NEGOTIATIONS ON BRITISH ACCESSION (September 1961-August 1962) -- XII. DISCUSSIONS ON POLITICAL UNION -- XIII. THE COMMONWEALTH PRIME MINISTERS' MEETING AND THE PARTY CONFERENCES -- XIV. THE LAST PHASE OF THE ACCESSION NEGOTIATIONS (October 1962-January 1963) -- XV. A FEW CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIX A. THE MESSINA REVOLUTION -- APPENDIX B. THE BONN DECLARATION -- APPENDIX C. EUROPEAN POLITICAL UNION -- INDEX