Negotiating ‘outer Europe’
The Trades Union Congress (TUC), transnational trade unionism and European integration in the 1950s
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 11348184 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Matthew Broad (0009-0004-0218-0962, Institute for History, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2020 |
| Volumen | 46 |
| Número | 1 |
| Páginas | 59-78 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2020-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | History of European Ideas (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0191-6599 • E-ISSN: 1873-541X |
| Editorial | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01916599.2019.1703854 |
| OpenAlex | W2995177610 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 2 |
| Referencias citadas | 37 |
The 1950s were a frenetic moment in the European integration process during which the European Economic Community (EEC), the ultimately abortive Free Trade Area (FTA), and subsequently the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) were all negotiated. Trade unions showed keen interest in these schemes; moreover, their own highly institutionalised cooperation suggested they might come to play a key role in shaping them. And yet scholars have argued how divergent traditions and domestic pressures precluded the emergence of a coherent trade union platform on European unity. While not rejecting the structural weaknesses of union internationalism in this regard, this article asks why union centres nevertheless continued to engage with one another on the integration question. Focusing on the British Trade Unions Congress (TUC) and deploying a transnational approach to best understand the interaction between the national and international levels, it shows that union linkages still offered the TUC and its counterparts a valuable chance to learn from and persuade others – and even their governments – of their views, objectives and affairs. Such trade union diplomacy was thus in and of itself valuable despite wider union spats and misgivings, and did at times impact the broader language and approach of the countries involved
Diplomacy · Economic integration · Economics · European integration · European union · Free trade · International free trade agreement · International trade · Internationalism (politics · Negotiation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Single market · Trade union · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Labor Movements and Unions · Law
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| Obras citantes distintas | 2 |
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| Citas por año | 0,5 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 2 |