Britain and the European Union

From Beginnings to Brexit and Beyond
3. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-91443-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 422 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm

This timely and engaging third edition offers the student and general reader a compact, highly readable analysis of British membership of the European Union (EU). With detailed coverage of the period from 1973 up until the present day, it also examines the 1945-1972 period to account for Britain's absence from the formation of the EU.

Providing a highly distilled and accessible overview of some of the parameters and recurring features of Britain’s membership, it touches on all the major facets at this critical time in Britain’s relationship with Europe.

Key features of the new edition:

- unrivalled combination of breadth and depth in its multidimensional treatment of Britain and the EU 1945-2026 on the 10th anniversary of the 2016 referendum.

- detailed coverage of the impact of Brexit since 2020, and current – and likely future – issues and topics.

- examines the constant and changing character, problems and paradoxes of the British relationship with the EU.

- exploratory, balanced and questioning, providing questions and perspectives for debate and discussion.

- full of illuminating insights, vivid detail, a rich variety of sources, and a large array of explanations/interpretations.

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.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gowland, David

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction  1. Viewing Europe and the European Union  2. Britain and European integration, 1945-1972: Back to the future  3. British membership of the EC/EU, 1973-2010: Belonging without believing  4. Britain’s special relationship with the EC/EU: Leading from behind with opt-outs, rebates and red lines  5. Party games and politics in Britain  6. Devolution and European Union membership  7. The press and the European Union  8. The pound, the euro and the City: Brief encounters and quick exits  9. Britain, the European Union and the wider world  10. The Conservatives and the European Union 2010-15: ‘Banging on about Europe’  11. The Referendum of 2016: The campaign  12. The Referendum of 2016: The result  13. The May government and Brexit, 2016-19: Decline and fail  14. The Brexiter government, 2019-22  15. From Sunak to Starmer: Loose threads  16. Some hallmarks of Britain’s EU profile: Before, during and after membership.  Epilogue

Über Autor(innen)

David Gowland was Founder and Director of the School of Contemporary European Studies and Head of the History Department at the University of Dundee, UK. He is the author of numerous successful books and articles including The European Mosaic series and Britain and European Integration since 1945.