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British Entry to the European Community Under the Heath Government of 1970-4
British Entry to the European Community Under the Heath Government of 19704 Author:Christopher Lord This text employs various theories of foreign policy change to argue that Britain in the early 1970s did not make a fully coherent adaptation to EC membership. In particular, there were conceptual incoherences in the areas of sovereignty, relationship between the EC and member states, collective action to deal with economic interdependence and m... more »ultilateral diplomacy. Confusions at UK government level were only reinforced by the processes of negotiation with Britain's new partners, 1970-1, and the characteristics of contemporary British domestic politics.« less