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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Tables of Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Centre-left parties and the European Union; Methodology; Structure of the book; Notes; 2 Labour, the PS, and the SPD: organising for multi-level governance; The Labour Party: history and organisation; Labour on the ground; Labour in central office; Labour in public office; The Parti Socialiste: history and organisation; The PS on the ground; The PS in central office; The PS in public office; The SPD: history and organisation; The SPD on the ground. |
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The SPD in central officeThe SPD in public office; The Party of European Socialists; The PES on the ground; The PES in central office; The PES in public office; Conclusions; Notes; 3 The European policies of the Labour Party, the PS, and the SPD; The Labour Party and the EU: from rejection to approval to ambivalence; It's in the national interest: Labour's policies about the EU; It's all about reform: Labour's policies through the EU; To leave or not to leave? Labour and the 2016 EU referendum; The Parti Socialiste and the EU: je t'aime moi non plus. |
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Raising France's status: the PS's policies about the EUThe fight for 'Social Europe': the PS's policies through the EU; Outsourcing the EU debate? The PS's EU strategy; The SPD and the EU: Deutschlands Europapartei?; Widening and deepening the EU: the SPD's policies about the EU; What's left? The SPD's policies through the EU; German or European? The SPD's recent EU strategy; Conclusions; Notes; 4 Principals, agents, and the delegation of power inside political parties; The principal-agent relationship and political parties in the EU; How to control the agent(s)? |
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Power delegation inside the Labour Party, the PS, and the SPDFormulating European policy; Selecting MEP candidates and other EU specialists; Research questions and expectations; The legal regulation of party organisations; EU positions and EU strategy; Resources; Being in government or opposition; Conclusions; 5 Cheerleaders or players? Centre-left parties on the ground and the EU; Selecting MEP candidates: the Labour Party; Selecting MEP candidates: the Parti Socialiste; Selecting MEP candidates: the SPD; European policy-making: the Labour Party; European policy-making: the Parti Socialiste. |
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European policy-making: the SPDConclusions; Note; 6 Lions or toothless tigers? The parties in central office and the EU; The Labour Party in central office and the EU; The Parti Socialiste in central office and the EU; The SPD in central office and the EU; Conclusions; Note; 7 Winners or losers? The parties in public office and the EU; The Parliamentary Labour Party and the EU; Labour MPs as agents?; The Parti Socialiste's parliamentary group and the EU; Socialist MPs as agents?; The SPD Bundestagsfraktion and the EU; The SPD's MPs as agents?; Conclusions; Notes. |
| Summary |
This book investigates how the British Labour Party, the French Socialist Party (PS), and the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) deal with the European Union (EU). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-196) and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Labour Party (Great Britain)
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Labour Party (Great Britain) |
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Parti socialiste (France)
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Parti socialiste (France) |
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Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands.
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Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands. |
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Socialism -- European Union countries.
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Socialism. |
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European Union countries. |
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Democracy -- European Union countries.
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Democracy. |
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European Union countries -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
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2000-2099 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781526120335 |
| ISBN |
9781526136152 (electronic book) |
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1526136155 (electronic book) |
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9781526120366 (electronic book) |
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1526120364 (electronic book) |
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9781526120342 (electronic book) |
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1526120348 (electronic book) |
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9781526120335 (hardcover) |
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152612033X |
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1526120356 |
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9781526120359 |
