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2018 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

The First European Community and the British Position

Authors : Archil Chochia, David Ramiro Troitiño, Tanel Kerikmäe, Olga Shumilo, Nicole Lindstrom

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Abstract

This chapter traces the role of the United Kingdom (UK) in the European integration process, from the founding of the European Communities to its eventual membership in 1973. It considers several key factors leading to the UK’s exclusion from the European Communities in the 1950s and 1960s, including economic factors related to its coal and steel industries, its relationship with the Commonwealth, as well as diplomatic concerns within the realm of ‘high politics.’ The chapter also considers the UK’s role in creating alternative integration arrangements, namely the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and the European Economic Area (EEA). The chapter provides a historical foundation to understanding the UK’s relationship to the European Community as an ‘awkward partner,’ shedding light on its eventual exit from the EU four decades after joining.

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Footnotes
1
Ramiro Troitiño (2008).
 
2
Ugland (2013).
 
3
Mason (1955).
 
4
Groenendijk and Hospers (2002).
 
5
Efron and Nanes (1957).
 
6
Ellis (2012).
 
7
Ramiro Troitiño (2014).
 
8
Marston (1988).
 
9
Eunjeong (2013).
 
10
Mathijsen (1961).
 
11
Deighton (2006).
 
12
McKelvey (1989).
 
13
Lindberg (1963).
 
14
Dinan (1999).
 
15
Brown (2017).
 
16
Trevor (1968).
 
17
Moravcsik (1991).
 
18
Pivoda (2007).
 
19
Laurent (2011).
 
20
Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) (2004).
 
21
A severe crise d’identité (cover story) (2005).
 
22
Morris (1991).
 
23
Thompson and Marsh (1962).
 
24
Ellis (2012).
 
25
Gardener (1991).
 
26
Kaiser (2001).
 
27
Aitken (1973).
 
28
Andresen (2007).
 
29
Aitken (1973).
 
30
Szokoloczy-Syllaba (1971).
 
31
Corbet and Robertson (2016).
 
32
Aitken (1973).
 
33
Eaton (1991).
 
34
Hurni (1986).
 
35
Fredriksen and Franklin (2015).
 
36
Baudenbacher (2004).
 
37
van Randwyck (2011).
 
38
Hurni (1986).
 
39
Dinan (2004).
 
40
Miller and Spencer (1977).
 
41
Ludlow (1997).
 
42
Headley (2012).
 
43
Ramiro Troitiño and Chochia (2015).
 
44
Miners (2002).
 
45
Parr (2006).
 
46
Henderson (1979).
 
47
Bulmer and Burch (1998).
 
48
Ellison (2006).
 
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Metadata
Title
The First European Community and the British Position
Authors
Archil Chochia
David Ramiro Troitiño
Tanel Kerikmäe
Olga Shumilo
Nicole Lindstrom
Copyright Year
2018
Book
Brexit

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-73413-2

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-73414-9

Copyright Year: 2018

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73414-9_4

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