The Tories and Europe

by John Turner

• ISBN13: 9780719037955
• ISBN10: 0719037956
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2000-12-15
• Publisher: Manchester University Press

Summary

The Tories and Europeexamines one of the most contentious issues in British politics over the past thirty years. It traces the way in which the issue of Europe has led to the electoral disintegration of a party which had previously dominated British politics for a century. This book provides an important contribution to an understanding of post-war British politics and recent developments in the politics of the Conservative Party. It discusses the way in which growing integration in Europe has challenged many aspects and assumptions in British politics and in particular Tory politics.

Author Biography

John Turner is Principal Lecturer in the Department of Politics at Oxford Brookes University.

Table of Contents

List of figures and tables	vi
Series editors' foreword	viii
List of abbreviations	ix
The Tories and the Challenge of Europe	1	(40)
Conservatism and the Concept of Europe: Tory Politics and the European idea	41	(35)
Towards a Tory Europe? 1979--85: sovereignty, the budgetary issue and the single market	76	(28)
The realisation of Tory doubts 1985--90: integration, Bruges and the ERM	104	(38)
Tories in Crisis 1990-97: federalism, Maastricht and electoral decline	142	(39)
The Tories, Europe and electoral defeat	181	(39)
Tories in opposition: Europe, New Labour and the Hague leadership	220	(46)
Select bibliography	266	(7)
Index	273