Britain and the European UnionRoutledge, 2022 M04 7 - 494 pages This engaging and concise new edition offers the student and general reader a compact, readable treatment of British membership of the European Union (EU) from 1973 up until the present day and Brexit, with detailed analysis of the period 1945-1972 accounting for Britain's absence from the formation of the EU. 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 the major facets of membership at this critical time in Britain’s relationship with Europe. Key features of the new edition:
This book will be of key interest to scholars, students and the generally interested reader in the areas of European Politics/Studies, British Politics, EU Politics/Studies, Area Studies and International Relations. |
Contents
Back to the future | |
Belonging without believing | |
optouts optins rebates and red lines | |
Party games and politics | |
Devolution and European Union membership | |
brief encounters and quick exits | |
Britain the European Union and the wider world | |
the Conservatives and the European Union 201015 | |
Hallmarks of British membership of the | |
the campaign | |
the result | |
decline and fail | |
The Brexiter government 201920 | |