The Macmillan Government and Europe: A Study in the Process of Policy Development
This book details the development of British policy with regard to European integration during the Macmillan premiership. It is an account of how senior ministers and officials attempted, within the triple constraints of the British system of government, external pressure and domestic economic and political considerations, to strike a harmonious balance between the commercial interests and the political aspirations of the British people. The work raises fundamental questions about the role of the cabinet in the British system of government.
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The Macmillan Government and Europe: A Study in the Process of Policy Development
This book details the development of British policy with regard to European integration during the Macmillan premiership. It is an account of how senior ministers and officials attempted, within the triple constraints of the British system of government, external pressure and domestic economic and political considerations, to strike a harmonious balance between the commercial interests and the political aspirations of the British people. The work raises fundamental questions about the role of the cabinet in the British system of government.
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The Macmillan Government and Europe: A Study in the Process of Policy Development

The Macmillan Government and Europe: A Study in the Process of Policy Development

by J. Tratt
The Macmillan Government and Europe: A Study in the Process of Policy Development

The Macmillan Government and Europe: A Study in the Process of Policy Development

by J. Tratt

Hardcover(1996)

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This book details the development of British policy with regard to European integration during the Macmillan premiership. It is an account of how senior ministers and officials attempted, within the triple constraints of the British system of government, external pressure and domestic economic and political considerations, to strike a harmonious balance between the commercial interests and the political aspirations of the British people. The work raises fundamental questions about the role of the cabinet in the British system of government.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780333662380
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date: 09/25/1996
Series: Study in the Process of Policy Development
Edition description: 1996
Pages: 238
Product dimensions: 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Preface - List of Abbreviations - Introduction - No Easy Solution - Finding a Way Forward - EFTA: The Least Bad Option - 'What is it we want?' - Dissonance and Drift - A Momentous Plan - Pressure, Politics and Persuasion - The Cabinet Says 'No' - At Home and Abroad - In the Departments - Exercises in Power Broking - Back to the Cabinet - Conclusion - Afterword - Bibliography - Appendix I: Some Cabinet Ministers (1958-61) - Appendix II: Cabinet Committees - Index
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