Our Europe, Not Theirs

Julian Priestley, Glyn Ford (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

188 Seiten

2013
Lawrence & Wishart Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-907103-88-9 (ISBN)

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The debate about Europe in the UK has too often been reduced to the black-and-white simplicities of whether we should be in or out. The contributors to this volume seek to move the debate on by putting forward a European agenda that focuses on the real interests of ordinary people.

The policies pursued in Brussels are unremittingly conservative, the product of the technocratic right's dominance of EU institutions and most national capitals. These essays propose a clean break with the right's hegemony and suggest a radical agenda for change and reform. Instead of supporting the disruptive distraction of a referendum, the UK left should work with other European progressives to create a programme for economic, social and ecological renewal for Europe in the world. In this volume, contributors - all leading MEPs and senior EU officials - discuss austerity's throttling of Europe's growth prospects; how to respond to the return of poverty and rampant inequalities; and how to challenge unaccountable corporate power. They also engage critically with Europe's environmental policies, which have been long on promise and short on delivery; its short-sighted immigration management; and its sacrifice of fair trade in the name of an ideological commitment to unbridled globalisation.

Julian Priestley is former Secretary General of the European Parliament (1997/2007) and Glyn Ford is the former leader of the Labour MEPs at the Parliament.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	22.8.2013
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Makroökonomie
ISBN-10	1-907103-88-0 / 1907103880
ISBN-13	978-1-907103-88-9 / 9781907103889
Zustand	Neuware