Britain and the crisis of the European Union
By: David Baker, Professor Emeritus, Warwick University, UK, Pauline Schnapper, Professor of British Studies, Institut du Monde Anglophone, University of Sorbonne Nouvelle, France
Contributors: Schnapper, Pauline
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9781137005199
Subjects: Social conditions; European Union; Economic conditions
Description: This book focuses on the effects of the political and later economic crisis which has seriously affected the European Union and its impact on the seemingly endless UK debate over Britain's position within the EU. Long described as an 'awkward partner' and in spite of Tony Blair's half-hearted attempts to engage with his partners during his time in office, the UK under the Coalition government has become further estranged from other members states and EU institutions with potentially damaging consequences for the UK and the future of the EU itself. This volume analyses the way the sovereign debt crisis, in particular, has fuelled the further rise of radical euroscepticism in the UK against the backdrop of a deepening crisis of the British political system and wider questioning of the European project across the EU.--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.