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Zusatztext 'The thirty year civil war in the Conservative Party over Britain's membership of the EU is reaching a climax. Baker and Schnapper provide a superb guide both to the bizarre British debate on Europe, and to the deepening crisis of the EU itself, showing how one feeds off the other. This book is essential reading for understanding the deep-seated problems which threaten to overwhelm the European project.' Andrew Gamble, Emeritus Professor of Politics, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge, UK 'This outstanding book provides the most comprehensive analysis to date of the UK's troubled relationship with the European Union. Baker and Schnapper's rich analysis chronicles the complex party political, political economy and diplomatic dimensions of the British politics of European integration, while also showing how the EU's own crisis has fed back into and shaped domestic discourses on Europe. It is difficult to think of a better companion volumeas we approach the referendum on the UK's EU membership.' Ben Rosamond, Professor of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Informationen zum Autor David Baker is a retired professor of Politics from the University of Warwick. In 1991 he founded (with Professor Andrew Gamble) the 'Members of Parliament Group' which researched the influence of euroscepticism on the major UK political parties, with a special focus on the Conservative Party. His research is based upon a political economy approach. Pauline Schnapper is a Professor of British Studies at the University of Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3 and a fellow of the Institut Universitaire de France. Klappentext This book centres on the effects of the political and later economic crisis which seriously affected the European Union and its impact on the seemingly endless UK debate over Britain's position within the EU. Zusammenfassung This book centres on the effects of the political and later economic crisis which seriously affected the European Union and its impact on the seemingly endless UK debate over Britain's position within the EU. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of tables and figures Acknowledgements Introduction 1. A Multi-Faceted Crisis 2. Britain and Europe in a new Global Environment 3. Notes on Theory and Method 4. Intergovernmentalism and Historical Institutionalism 5. Comparative and Historical Political Economy 6. Outline PART I: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE EUROZONE CRISIS 7. The Eurozone: A Crisis Waiting to Happen 8. The EZ Crisis – An Analytical Chronology 9. Phase One: From Maastricht to Meltdown 10. Phase Two: The Sovereign Debt Crisis 11. Solutions become problems 12. European Integration – From Embedded Liberalism to Variegated Neoliberalism 13. Conclusion: Winner Takes All, But at What Cost ? PART II: BRITISH PREFERENCES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: UNSUNG SUCCESS 14. Consequences of a Late Entry 1945-79 15. The Conservative Governments 1979-97 16. The New Labour Years 17. The Convention and Constitutional Treaty 18. Conclusion PART III: EUROSCEPTICISM IN BRITAIN 19. British Euroscepticism 20. Divisions about Europe 1945-88 21. Blair and New Labour: An End to Divisions ? 22. The Conservative Party after 1997: the Drift towards Hard Euroscepticism 23. Public Opinion since the late 1990s 24. Conclusion PART IV: THE CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 25. Disillusionment and the Strains in the Political System 26. Fragmentation and Polarisation 27. The Effect of National and Global Trends 28. The Rise of Populist Parties 29. The Political Use of Referendums 30. Devolution and the Possible End of the British State 31. Conclusion PART V: BRITAIN AND THE POLITICAL CRISIS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION 32. An Ongoing Academic Debate 33. Consequences of the Financial and Economi...
