Half-remembered quotations from mostly forgotten speeches: The limits of labour's European policy discourse

British Journal of Politics and International Relations

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-222

  Broad, Matthew ^a   Daddow, Oliver ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Britain; Europe; Foreign policy; Labour party

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL ANALYSIS; FOREIGN POLICY; IDEOLOGY; LABOR DIVISION; LITERATURE REVIEW;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 77955138085     PISSN: 13691481     EISSN: 1467856X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-856X.2010.00404.x     Document Type: Article

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