Screen LibraryThe European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) : politics, parties and policies /
"The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) are now established as one of the larger groups in the European Parliament and from 2014 to 2019 had more MEPs than the Liberals, Greens or radical left and right-wing factions. Despite this, ECR has so far been largely dismissed by political sci...
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Manchester University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Manchester : |
| Publication Dates: | 2020. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New perspectives on the Right
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"The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) are now established as one of the larger groups in the European Parliament and from 2014 to 2019 had more MEPs than the Liberals, Greens or radical left and right-wing factions. Despite this, ECR has so far been largely dismissed by political scientists, journalists and Brussels policy-makers as merely another Euro-sceptic faction. Representing the first major study of the political activities of ECR and its 'Euro-realist' agenda, this book argues that ECR ought to be recognised as the main voice for Conservatism in Strasbourg, promoting 'Angl |
| Carrier Form: | xii, 148 pages : illustrations, forms ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [134]-143) and index. |
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9781526139146 (hardcover) : 1526139146 (hardcover) |
| Index Number: | JN50 |
| CLC: | D750.64 |
| Call Number: | D750.64/S843 |
| Contents: | The European Conservatives and Reformists parliamentary group -- The British Conservative Party and the development of ECR -- Euro-realism: the new conservative politics of ECR -- Member parties of the European Conservatives and Reformists -- ECR politicians and leadership structures -- ECR policy activities in the European Parliament -- Conclusion: Conservatives and European reform. |