European Socialists Across Borders - by Mélanie Torrent & Andrew J Williams (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

From post-war debates on institutionalised cooperation in Western Europe to the ambitions of the European Union in the post-Cold War era, this volume investigates the impact of transnational socialist networks on European construction and integration, as well as the role of European socialism in international (dis-)orders. It explores how socialist networks were influenced by relations with socialist parties and groups outside Europe, and how they navigated local, national and global politics.

Review Quotes

The book shows the core role of individual European socialists and their wider social and professional networks in shaping debates on early European integration and decolonisation, nuancing such key concepts as bi-polarity and shifting the focus of our thinking to alternative European (international) policies and roads not taken.

About the Author

Mélanie Torrent is a professor of British and Commonwealth history at the Université de Picardie Jules Verne in Amiens. She has been a senior research fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies since 2011 and a member of the editorial board of Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs since 2010. Andrew J. Williams is professor emeritus at the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews. He has been the editor of several journals, including the International History Review from 2010 to 2016, and has been a regularly invited professor at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Lille and Sciences Po Paris.