Roy Jenkins and the European Commission presidency, 1976--1980 : at the heart of Europe /: at the heart of Europe. ([2016])
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- Title:
- Roy Jenkins and the European Commission presidency, 1976--1980 : at the heart of Europe /: at the heart of Europe. ([2016])
- Main Title:
- Roy Jenkins and the European Commission presidency, 1976--1980 : at the heart of Europe
- Further Information:
- Note: N. Piers Ludlow.
- Authors:
- Ludlow, N. Piers, 1968-
- Contents:
- Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Abbreviations ; Chapter 1: Introduction; A Unique Source Base; Existing Scholarship; The Structure of the Volume; Chapter 2: The Very British Trajectory of a Pro-European: Roy Jenkins and Europe Prior to 1976; The Early Years; A Young MP; An Advocate of British EEC Membership; Defeat and Disillusionment; What Type of Europe?; Chapter 3: Preparing for Brussels: Priorities, Personalities, and Portfolios; A Very Political Choice; Assembling a Team; Learning How the Commission Worked; Devising a Programme of Commission Reform; The Quest for a Strong Commission Which Commissioner for Which Job?Conclusions; Chapter 4: Growing into the Role: The Battle to Secure G7 Representation; Getting to Grips with the Commission; Beyond the Commission; International Engagement; The Battle for a Community Seat; Chapter 5: Finding a Sense of Direction: Jenkins and the Launch of the European Monetary System; The Choice of Monetary Union as a Policy Priority; Blazing a Trail: The Launch of Jenkins' Monetary Initiative; Jenkins and the EMS; Chapter 6: Reaching Out Beyond the Community: Enlargement and International Representation Recognising the Imperative to EnlargeG7 Partners and the EC's 'Near Abroad'; From Greenland's Icy Mountains to Afric's Golden Sand ; Conclusions; Chapter 7: The Search for a New Policy Priority: Commission Reform, Direct Elections, Agriculture, and Energy; Commission Reform; The Challenge of an Elected Parliament; Slaying Europe'sAcknowledgements; Contents; List of Abbreviations ; Chapter 1: Introduction; A Unique Source Base; Existing Scholarship; The Structure of the Volume; Chapter 2: The Very British Trajectory of a Pro-European: Roy Jenkins and Europe Prior to 1976; The Early Years; A Young MP; An Advocate of British EEC Membership; Defeat and Disillusionment; What Type of Europe?; Chapter 3: Preparing for Brussels: Priorities, Personalities, and Portfolios; A Very Political Choice; Assembling a Team; Learning How the Commission Worked; Devising a Programme of Commission Reform; The Quest for a Strong Commission Which Commissioner for Which Job?Conclusions; Chapter 4: Growing into the Role: The Battle to Secure G7 Representation; Getting to Grips with the Commission; Beyond the Commission; International Engagement; The Battle for a Community Seat; Chapter 5: Finding a Sense of Direction: Jenkins and the Launch of the European Monetary System; The Choice of Monetary Union as a Policy Priority; Blazing a Trail: The Launch of Jenkins' Monetary Initiative; Jenkins and the EMS; Chapter 6: Reaching Out Beyond the Community: Enlargement and International Representation Recognising the Imperative to EnlargeG7 Partners and the EC's 'Near Abroad'; From Greenland's Icy Mountains to Afric's Golden Sand ; Conclusions; Chapter 7: The Search for a New Policy Priority: Commission Reform, Direct Elections, Agriculture, and Energy; Commission Reform; The Challenge of an Elected Parliament; Slaying Europe's Sacred Cow?; The Energy Challenge; A Gradual Loss of Dynamism?; Chapter 8: The Curse of British Politics: Thatcher, the British Budgetary Dispute, and the Lure of Domestic Politics; A Very British President; The Persistence of the British Problem Seizing the Opportunity: Jenkins as BBQ MediatorThe Lure of British Politics; Chapter 9: Conclusions; The Nature of the Job; Jenkins and the Presidency; A Bad Time to Be President; Bibliography; Primary Sources; European Commission Historical Archives, Brussels; Historical Archives of the European Union, Florence; Tickell Papers, All Souls College, Oxford; Jenkins' Papers, Bodleian Library, Oxford; UK National Archives, Kew; Archives Nationales, Pierrefitte, Paris, France; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, Bonn, Germany; Archive of European Integration, Pittsburgh; Secondary Sources … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:
- 2016
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 941.085092
History
Statesmen -- Great Britain -- Biography
History, Modern
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain
Statesmen
History -- Europe -- General
European history
History -- Modern -- General
History: earliest times to present day
Great Britain
Electronic books
Biography - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781137515308
1137515309 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781137515292
- Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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