Britain and the crisis of the European Union. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David Baker, Pauline Schnapper.
• Authors: Schnapper, Pauline
• Other Names: Baker, David, 1950-
• Contents: 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 Economic Crisis; 34. Attempts to Respond to the 'Democratic Deficit'; 35. Domestic Crises and the Fear of Globalisation; 36. Conclusion; PART VI: BRITAIN AND THE ECONOMIC CRISIS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION; 37. The View from London; 38. British Exceptionalism in the EU; 39. Nation and Atlanticsm: the Exceptional Community; 40. Nationhood and Sovereignty; 41. A Alternative for Britain in the Global Economy ?; 42. Hyperglobalism; 43. Open Regionalism; 44. Intergovernmentalism; 45. Hyperglobalism: Will Winner Take All ?; 46. Cameron's Diplomacy in Europe and the Failure of Tory Statecraft; 47. Semi-Detachment or 'Brexit' ?; Conclusion; Bibliography;
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 341.24220941; International/Economics; Money & Monetary Policy; Government/Comparative; Diplomacy; International institutions; Political economy; Great Britain -- European Union; European Union countries -- Economic conditions; European Union countries -- Social conditions; Great Britain
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137005212; 1137005211
• Related ISBNs: 9781137005199
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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