The book offers a collection of reflections that blend personal memories, imaginative insights, and the author's aspirations. It explores themes of desire, significance, and a deep respect for life, providing readers with a unique glimpse into the author's perspective and emotional landscape.
The book delves into the intricate nature of risk within the film industry, examining how perceptions and management of risk influence film financing, production, and audience reception. It highlights the various dimensions and debates surrounding risk, providing insights into its critical role in determining which films succeed in the competitive landscape of cinema.
Focusing on the origins of a crisis in agricultural support and trade policies, this study analyzes the factors that led to its development. It offers insights into both national and international strategies aimed at creating more rational and effective agricultural policies. By examining past mistakes and proposing solutions, the book seeks to guide future policy-making in the agricultural sector.
The Agricultural Negotiations for British Accession to the European Economic Community, 1961-1973
The United Kingdom became a member of the European Economic Community on 1 January 1973, after protracted negotiations lasting more than ten years. The two biggest obstacles to entry were General de Gaulle, who vetoed Britain’s first application in 1963, and agriculture, both within the UK and in its relationships with other Commonwealth members. This book publishes for the first time the accounts of the agricultural negotiations written for the British government in the late 1980s. Part I, written by Edmund Neville-Rolfe, describes how the government of Harold Macmillan decided to try for entry, and how the negotiators struggled to reconcile the demands of British farmers and the Commonwealth with the reluctance of the EEC’s six existing members to risk changing anything that they had, with great difficulty, just agreed among themselves. Part II, written by J. H. V. Davies, describes the determination of Edward Heath, British Prime Minister from 1970 to 1974, to succeed in the face of thorny issues such as Britain’s budget contribution, Commonwealth imports and a common fisheries policy. In his introduction Sir Michael Franklin, who commissioned these accounts, compares the two negotiations and contributes his own recollections; in a postscript he assesses the consequences for British farming and the UK’s place in today’s European Union.