Uneasy allies : British-German relations and European integration since 1945 / / edited by Klaus Larres with Elizabeth Meehan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910780610403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2000
• ISBN: 1-383-01855-3; 1-280-44615-3; 0-19-154457-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 344 p. ) : ill.
• Disciplina: 337.41043
• Soggetti: Germany Relations Great Britain; Great Britain Relations Germany; Europe Economic integration
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: uneasy allies or genuine partners? Britain, Germany, and European integration / Klaus Larres -- British-West German relations, 1945-1972 / Anne Deighton -- British-West German relations, 1973-1989 / Julie Smith and Geoffrey Edwards -- Britain and the GDR: political and economic relations, 1949-1989 / Klaus Larres -- Britain and German unification, 1989/90 / Lothar Kettenacker -- Britain, Germany, and the deepening of Europe: the role of domestic norms and institutions / Jim Buller and Charlie Jeffery -- The eastern enlargement of the European Union / John Pinder -- The American dimension: Britain, Germany, and the reinforcement of US hegemony in Europe in the 1990s / Valur Ingimundarson -- NATO or WEU? The security policy since 1990 / Emil J. Kirchner -- Industrial and commercial cultures in Britain and Germany: rivalry or reconcilability? / Jeremy Leaman -- European Union social policy: German and British perspectives on industrial democracy / Elizabeth Meehan -- The creation of the single market and Britain's withdrawal from the EMS / Iain Begg and Michael Wood -- Financial reporting and accounting harmonization in Germany and the UK: a comparative analysis / Patricia McCourt and George W. Radcliffe -- Negotiating the intergovernmental conferences: Maastricht, ; Amsterdam, and beyond / Robert Harmsen and Nickolas Reinhardt.
• Sommario/riassunto: "This book offers interesting and challenging insights into the evolution of British-German relations within the context of European integration in the post-Second World War and post-Unification era. The book argues that throughout the latter half of the twentieth century Britain and Germany can be characterised as 'uneasy allies'. It is only since the late 1990s Britain and Germany appear to have become genuine partners in the context of European integration."--Jacket.