Publisher's Synopsis
This book employs various theories of foreign policy change to argue that Britain in the early 1970s did not make a fully coherent adaptation to EC membership. In particular, there were conceptual difficulties in the areas of state sovereignty, relationships between the EC and member states, collective action to deal with economic interdependence and multilateral diplomacy. Confusion at the government level in the UK was only reinforced by the processes of negotiation with Britain?s new partners, and the characteristics of contemporary British domestic politics. - - While this book is based on a distinct theoretical perspective, British Entry to the European Community Under the Heath Government of 1970-4 is designed for instructors and advanced students of British Studies, but is written to be accessible to the reader with a general interest in Britain?s early involvement with the EC.
