French Socialists, German Social Democrats and the Origins of European Integration, 1948-1957
Estrangement and Reconciliation: French Socialists, German Social Democrats and the Origins of European Integration, 1948-1957 by Brian Shaev B.A., New York University, 2006 M.A., University of Pittsburgh, 2009 Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of The Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in History University of Pittsburgh 2014 UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH THE KENNETH P. DIETRICH SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES This dissertation was presented by Brian Shaev It was defended on April 3, 2014 and approved by Seymour Drescher, Distinguished University Professor, History Alberta M. Sbragia, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies, Professor, Political Science Gregor Thum, Assistant Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, History Dissertation Director: William Chase, Professor, History ii Advisor: William Chase Estrangement and Reconciliation: French Socialists, German Social Democrats and the Origins of European Integration, 1948-1957 Brian Shaev, PhD University of Pittsburgh, 2014 French Socialist (SFIO) and German Social Democratic (SPD) responses to early European integration initiatives indicate that there was a postwar generation of SFIO and SPD leaders who were informed by similar experiences rooted in memories, policy proposals, and outcomes from the interwar period. They formulated similar visions of the postwar period that drew upon existing socialist ideology and narratives, but at crucial moments they were perplexed as to how to respond to dilemmas that placed different socialist objectives in conflict with one another. When devising proposals and responding to policies generated by other parties on European integration, French Socialists and German Social Democrats considered the potential repercussions of supranational institutions not only for processes of French-German reconciliation, but also for a wide range of domestic, geopolitical, economic, and at times regional party objectives.
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