In the two decades since the emergence of the European Union at Maastricht there has
been a concerted attempt to build a European political space, typified by the debates on …

Americans have contradictory beliefs about how international trade affects the country as
whole and specific communities. Yet notwithstanding the heat of political rhetoric, these …

This study examines the extent to which opposition parties engage in wedge-issue
competition. The literature on wedge-issue competition has exclusively focused on the two …

Anthony Forster argues that euroscepticism, in addition to being a political stance, displays
the seeds of becoming a new faith. Through a detailed analysis of British post-war politics …

What has been the political impact of the Eurozone Debt Crisis in the UK? To what extent
have the bank collapses and bailouts reinforced Britain's Eurosceptic trajectory? In this …

Britain's relationship with the EU has always been riddled with doubt, scepticism and
awkwardness. This much-needed new book examines why, how and with what effect the EU …

Britain is the home of the term Euroscepticism. Coined in this country in the mid-1980s, the
word has since been widely used in the media and has been adopted by many individuals …

Investigates the way politicians and citizens evaluated the European Union and the process
of European integration in public debates during the 2009 European Parliament elections …

B ritain has had particular problems reconciling itself to the idea of being a 'E uropean'actor
and a wholehearted member of the EEC/EU since 1973. Now, potentially, the 'awkward …

Brexit was often associated with a recent upsurge of populism in Western democracies, with
the idea of re-engaging with the people being construed as a populist strategy to disengage …