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urn:uuid:a8f06345-f0c9-4c76-a827-85c89b0bb48a 03 15 9781915249739 00 EB E107 10 01 01 European Socialists Across Borders Transnational Cooperation and Alternative Visions of Europe After 1945 1 A01 Mélanie Torrent Mélanie Torrent is Professor of British and Commonwealth History at the Université de Picardie Jules Verne in Amiens. She has published on the connected ends of the British and French empires, and British foreign policy in Africa. She has been a senior research fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies since 2011, and a member of the editorial board of the Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, since 2010. 2 B01 Andrew J. Williams Andrew J. Williams is Professor (Emeritus) at the School of International Relations at the University of St Andrews, which he joined in 2006. He has been the editor of several journals, including the International History Review (2010–2016), and been a regular invited professor at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques in Lille and at Sciences Po Paris. He has published extensively on international relations, international thought and history, and on the complex relations of the United States, the United Kingdom and France during the twentieth and twenty-first century. 01 eng 12 HBJD 10 HIS010000 23 History 23 Socialism 23 European Union 12 JPFF 10 POL005000 12 1D 23 decolonisation 12 3JJ 23 diplomacy 12 3JM 23 internationalism 23 networks 23 transnationalism 23 policy 23 empire 01 06 03 00 From postwar 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 socialist networks on European construction and integration, and the role of European socialism in international (dis)orders. It assesses how socialist networks were influenced by relations with socialist parties and groups outside Europe, and how they navigated local, national and global politics. Collectively, the chapters explore four main areas: the relationship between the ideals of European cooperation and daily, routine and domestic politics; the shifting definitions of political elites and popular understandings of Europe, including the influence of people of African, Caribbean and Asian descent on the transformation of socialist thought, policies and practices in the European (ex-) imperial powers; the extent to which European socialists attempted to propose a postcolonial, postimperial agenda for Europe; and how European institutions were used, and with what results, by socialists and their contacts.Reflecting on the successes and failures of transnational processes of socialisation, the role of cultural intermediaries and bridge-builders, and the reasons behind misunderstandings, failed projects and missed opportunities for peace and equality, the book examines how socialist politicians and activists conceived of Europe’s role in worldmaking in the transition out of conflict and empire. In doing so, the volume contributes to a better understanding of, and support for, cooperation across borders. 04 00 <ul> <li>Introduction Mélanie Torrent and Andrew J. Williams </li> </ul>Part I. European socialism in war and peace * 1 The Labour party and the SFIO in London in the 1940s Andrew J. Williams * 2 Transwar continuities: The Mouvement Socialiste pour les Etats-Unis d’Europe (MSEUE) and Socialist Networks in the Early Cold War Benjamin Heckscher and Tommaso MilaniPart II. Paths not taken? European socialists and the politics of worldmaking at the end of empire<ul> <li>3 Europe re-imagined? Claude Bourdet, France-Observateur and British critics of the Algerian war Mélanie Torrent </li> <li>4 Social Activism in the Age of Decolonisation: Basil Davidson and the Liberation Struggles in Lusophone Africa, c. 1954–1975 Pedro Aires Oliveira </li> <li>5 Olof Palme, Sweden, and the Vietnam war: An outspoken socialist among European socialists Lubna Z. Qureshi </li> </ul>Part III. Redefining Europe and reassessing Europeanisation: socialist readings of internationalism and liberalism * 6 European socialists and international solidarity with Palestine: towards a socialist European network of solidarity in the 1970s and 1980s? Thomas Maineult * 7 Black British Labour Leaders and the Europeanisation of antiracism, 1986–1993 Pamela Ohene-Nyako * 8 From Dark to Light: The Fate of Two European Socialist Employment Initiatives in an Age of Austerity Mathieu Fulla University of London Press 01 University of London Press 04 01 20250116 02 WORLD 06 15 9781915249715 06 15 9781915249708 06 15 9781915249739 06 15 9781915249722 06 15 9781915249746 WORLD 09 University of London Press 20 01