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‘LAYIN’ LOW AND SAYIN’ NUFFIN’: AUSTRALIA’S POLICY TOWARDS BRITAIN’S SECOND BID TO JOIN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY (1966–67)
Author(s) -
Benvenuti Andrea
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
australian economic history review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.493
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 1467-8446
pISSN - 0004-8992
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8446.2006.00168.x
Subject(s) - join (topology) , government (linguistics) , political science , european community , economic community , political economy , economy , sociology , economics , international trade , philosophy , linguistics , mathematics , combinatorics
This article examines the problems and challenges which confronted the Australian government in its response to Britain’s second attempt to join the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1967. While an adequate body of literature exists on Australia’s policy towards Britain’s first application to the EEC (1961–63), the Australian government’s response to the 1967 bid has been completely ignored by historians. This article, therefore, aims to make a historical contribution to the understanding of Australia’s policy towards Britain’s ‘turn to Europe’.