This Routledge Focus aims to investigate and analyse the United Kingdom’s relationship with the European Communities (EC) and the European Union (EU). Since joining the EC in 1973, the UK has had a fraught relationship with the organization, declining closer economic union in the eurozone and, often, arguing against closer political union. While some 67% of the UK’s voters opted to remain in the EC in a referendum held in 1975, by June 2016 a narrow majority favoured leaving the EU. This volume evaluates the UK’s journey into the Union, and examines how the country’s voters came to decide on Brexit, and where the UK’s departure from the EU may lead it.
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1. Introduction2. The Origins of European Integration: Emerging Lines of (Dis-)engagement 3. Winning and Losing: money, power and the politics of treaty reform4. Leaving the People Behind 5. Seeking to reconcile Conservatives and Coalition 6. Cameron’s Three Rs: Reform, renegotiation, referendum 7. Where do we go from here?PostscriptReferencesIndex
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781857439083
Publisert
2017-02-14
Utgiver
Vendor
Europa Publications Ltd
Vekt
272 gr
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
126

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Biographical note

  Julie Smith is Director of the European Centre, POLIS Department, Cambridge University, and Fellow of Robinson College, Cambridge. She is also a member of the United Kingdom House of Lords.