The Early Years of Ireland in the European Economic Community

Managing Membership
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-02614-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 186 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in Modern European History

Ireland’s accession to the European Economic Community in 1973 provided great opportunities, as well as significant challenges to its relatively small civil service. This research traces Ireland’s internal adaptation to managing membership.

The long wait for accession to the EEC had instigated administrative and management patterns during negotiations which were difficult for Ireland to untangle and alter afterwards. There was friction between departments on how to approach relations with the EEC in some policy areas after membership. At times, this effectively slowed and even hampered Ireland’s adaptation to membership. At the same time, the EEC provided an important new frame of reference for Irish society. Discussions on social progress drew from that wider context and challenged Ireland in new ways. This volume explores this development through an analysis of empirical files from the National Archives of Ireland and the Historical Archives of the European Union, newspapers and secondary sources.

This book is intended for scholars and students of Irish history, European Studies, political science, diplomatic studies, and administrative history.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Keogh, Aoife

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction 1. Ireland in a Changing International Arena 2. Orientation Towards the Six 3. Modus Operandi: Department of Foreign Affairs 4. Tús Maith, Leath na hOibre: Administering Membership — Adaptation, Inertia and New Perspectives 5. Getting Down to Membership: Managing European Regional Development Funds, 1973–1975 6. Lobbying for ERDF and Challenging the Introduction of Juste-retour  7. Managing Ireland’s First Presidency in 1975: “Is Féidir Linn” 8. Was Ireland’s Chairmanship ‘sans pouvoir’? 9. Contextualising the Implementation of Equal Pay 10. Securing Equal Pay. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Aoife Keogh graduated in History and Civilisation at the European University Institute in 2015 and currently teaches liberal studies at New York University, Florence and European history at Florida State University in Florence. This book is based on her doctoral dissertation.