The UK challenge to Europeanization : the persistence of British Euroscepticism / edited by Karine Tournier-Sol, Chris Gifford.

"Britain's part in the future of European integration remains at the forefront of political debate, with the prospect of a European Union exit referendum a real possibility. For EU membership to be so contentious for a long-standing member-state rules out problems of adjustment and accommodation. Eu...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Tournier-Sol, Karine, 1973- (Editor)
Gifford, Chris, 1966- (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
Subjects:
European Union > Great Britain.
European Economic Community > Great Britain.
European Economic Community.
European Union.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1997-2007.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > European Union countries.
European Union countries > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
European Union countries.
Great Britain.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Comparative.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Nationalism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International.
Diplomatic relations.
Politics and government.
Since 1997
Physical Description:xi, 259 pages ; 23 cm
Variant Title:
United Kingdom challenge to Europeanization.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: The Structure of British Euroscepticism / Chris Gifford and Karine Tournier-Sol
  • Part I. Nation and National Identity: 1. The Essential Englishman: The Cultural Nature and Origins of British Euroscepticism / Menno Spiering; 2. 'Beyond Awkwardness: England, the European Union and the End of Integration / Ben Wellings; 3. Beyond the English? The Uk's Pluri-National Euroscepticism / Andrew Mycock and Chris Gifford; 4. British Euroscepticism and the Geopolitics of a Post-Imperial Britain / Cornelius Crowley
  • Part II. Party Politics and Euroscepticism: 5. Reassessing British Conservative Euroscepticism as a Case of Party (Mis)Management / Agnes Alexandre-Collier; 6. The Dilemma of Pro-European Parties in the UK: The Case of Labour and the Liberal Democrats Since 2010 / Pauline Schnapper; 7. The UKIP Challenge / Karine Tournier-Sol
  • Part III. Eurosceptic Civil Society: 8. Performing Euroscepticism: The UK Press and Cameron's Bloomberg Speech / Oliver Daddow; 9. Extra-Parliamentary Eurosceptic Actors in the UK / John Fitzgibbon
  • Part IV. Eurosceptic Interests?: 10. British Political Discourse on the EU in the Context of the Eurozone Crisis / Catherine MacMillan; 11. The Role of Finance in the UK's Relationship with the European Union / Nicholas Sowels; 12. The Transatlantic Dimension of British Euroscepticism / Hajnalka Vincze.