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Contents
- Notes on contributors
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- Mélanie Torrent and Andrew J. Williams
- Europe(s) since 1945
- Trans-nationalising international policy making
- Europeanisation, globalisation and decolonisation, from the travails of the Second World War to the grey areas of the Single European Act
- Cultural intermediaries, bridge-builders – and stock-takers?
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Part I. European socialism in war and peace
- 1. The Labour Party and its relations with the SFIO in London, 1940–44
- Andrew J. Williams
- Introduction
- The Labour Party and the SFIO before 1940
- The Labour Party in government, 1940
- The SFIO in exile
- The SFIO in exile and the Labour Party
- Initial Labour Party reticence about the SFIO in London
- The Groupe Jean Jaurès
- GJJ relations with the Labour Party
- Relations of the GJJ with de Gaulle
- Cooperation and inspiration: Beveridge and planning and the SFIO
- Conclusions: post-war SFIO–Labour Party cooperation?
- Notes
- Bibliography
- 2. Trans-war continuities: the Mouvement Socialiste pour les États-Unis d’Europe (MSEUE) and socialist networks in the early Cold War
- Ben Heckscher and Tommaso Milani
- The shadow of the London Bureau
- Europe as a Third Force?
- Towards consensus?
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Part II. Paths not taken? European socialists and the politics of worldmaking at the end of empire
- 3. Europe re-imagined? Claude Bourdet, France-Observateur and British critics of the Algerian war
- Mélanie Torrent
- France-Observateur in British and Labour circles: democratic principles and socialist solidarities
- Speaking out against the war in Algeria: Bourdet’s editorial contacts, between transnational action and national reflection
- Intersecting circles of friends: a decreasing place for Europe?
- The travails of an alternative European socialist movement: political conceptions and practical limits
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- 4. Social activism in the age of decolonisation: Basil Davidson and the liberation struggles in Lusophone Africa, c. 1954–75
- Pedro Aires Oliveira
- The making of an Africanist
- Campaigns and platforms
- Marching with the guerrillas
- Making Portugal look toxic
- Concluding remarks
- Notes
- Bibliography
- 5. Olof Palme, Sweden and the Vietnam War: An outspoken socialist among European socialists
- Lubna Z. Qureshi
- Growing Swedish outrage
- Palme, Kreisky and Brandt
- The Christmas Bombing speech: Palme’s outspokenness, Nixon’s fury
- Conclusion: the significance of Swedish neutrality
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Part III. Redefining Europe and reassessing Europeanisation: socialist readings of internationalism and liberalism
- 6. European socialists and international solidarity with Palestine: towards a socialist European network of solidarity in the 1970s and 1980s?
- Thomas Maineult
- European socialists and Israel: a friendly relationship
- The 1970s: a turning point for French socialists
- European socialism and the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in the 1980s: a deeper commitment
- Some conclusions
- Notes
- Bibliography
- 7. Black British Labour leaders and the Europeanisation of antiracism, 1986–93
- Pamela Ohene-Nyako
- Fears of ‘Fortress Europe’
- The Standing Conference on Racial Equality in Europe (SCORE)
- The Black Women and Europe Network (BWEN)
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- 8. From dark to light: the fate of two European socialist employment initiatives in an age of austerity
- Mathieu Fulla
- Attracting the interest of socialist leaders: a challenging proposition
- The triumph of politics over expertise in the (Euro)party
- A farewell to ‘Euro-Keynesianism’
- The key role of Jacques Delors and his cabinet
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index