Britain and the European UnionRoutledge, 2016 M10 4 - 428 pages This engaging and concise text offers the student and the general reader a compact, readable treatment of British membership of the European Union from 1973 to the present day. It provides a highly distilled and accessible analysis and overview of some of the parameters and recurring features of Britain’s membership of the European Union, touching on all of the major facets of membership. Key features:
This book will be of key interest to scholars, students and the generally interested reader in the areas of European Studies, British Politics, EU Studies, Area Studies and International Relations. |
Contents
Preface | |
List of abbreviations | |
Introduction | |
Europe and the European Union | |
Back to the future | |
Belonging without believing | |
optouts optins and red lines | |
The press and the European Union | |
The Bloody British Question | |
the pound and Europe 19701992 | |
The pound the euro and the City | |
Britain the European Union and the wider world | |
the Conservatives and | |
journey to an unknown destination | |
Appendix | |
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