The Battle for Hearts and Minds on Europe Anti- and Pro-European Propaganda in Britain

by Mullen, Andrew

• ISBN13: 9780826494207
• ISBN10: 082649420X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2016-07-04
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Summary

This research monograph shows how both those anti and pro European integration have tried to shape political, business and public opinion since the end of the second world war.

Author Biography

Dr Andrew Mullen is a Senior Lecturer in Politics at Northumbria University in Newcastle upon Tyne. He is the author of Anti- and Pro-European Propaganda Campaigns in Britain (forthcoming by Continuum), co-author of The 1975 Referendum on Europe - Volume 2: Current Analysis and Lessons for the Future (Imprint Academic, 2007) and contributor to Implications of the Euro: A Critical Perspective from the left (Routledge, 2006) and The 1975 Referendum on Europe - Volume 1: Reflections of the Participants (Imprint Academic, 2007).

Table of Contents

Part 1. Propoganda and European Integration1. Introduction: Propoganda as a governing tool

2. Britain and European IntegrationPart 2. Before 1975

3. The influence of the American Committee in the 40s, 50s & 60s4. The struggle between anti-European forces and pro-European forces in the early 70sPart 3. Post 19755. The 1975 referendum6. The 1980s campaigns to withdraw from the EU7. Rise of Euroscpeticism within the Conservative party during the 1990s8. New Labour's attempts to shape public opinion about the Euro and the constitution during the 1990s and early 2000s.