Publisher's Synopsis
In the early 1980s both the British and Norwegian labour parties were strongly anti-European. However, by the early 1990s the British Labour party had become the party of Europe, while the Norwegian Labour Party remained deeply divided by the issue. How did two similar social democratic parties, which began the 1980s with such similar EU policies, develop such opposing positions on the EU? The Uncertain Union answers this question by examining the international, European and national level changes that affected both of the parties. It concludes that, despite the importance of international and European developments, national level changes (particularly the strength of the traditional Norwegian social democratic context) are the key to understanding the divergent EU policies of the two parties.
