The UK Challenge to Europeanization, 1st ed. 2015 The Persistence of British Euroscepticism

This timely contribution pulls no punches and views the UK as institutionally Eurosceptic across politics and society, from the press to defence. It represents a rich and original contribution to the emerging field of Eurosceptic studies, and a key contribution to this important issue.

List Of Tables And Figures
Acknowledgements
Notes On Contributors
Introduction; Chris Gifford & Karine Tournier-Sol
PART I: NATION AND NATIONAL IDENTITY
1. The Essential Englishman: The Cultural Nature And Origins Of British Euroscepticism; Menno Spiering
2. Beyond Awkwardness: England, The European Union And The End Of Integration; Ben Wellings
3. Beyond The English? The Uk ' 's Pluri-National Euroscepticism; Andrew Mycock And Chris Gifford
4. British Euroscepticism And The Geopolitics Of A Post-Imperial Britain; Cornelius Crowley
PART II: PARTY POLITICS AND EUROSCEPTICISM
5. Reassessing British Conservative Euroscepticism As A Case Of Party (Mis)Management; Agnès Alexandre-Collier
6. The Dilemma Of Pro-European Parties In The Uk: The Case Of Labour And The Liberal Democrats Since 2010; Pauline Schnapper
7. The Ukip Challenge; Karine Tournier-Sol
PART III: EUROSCEPTIC CIVIL SOCIETY
8. Performing Euroscepticism: The Uk Press And Cameron ''s Bloomberg Speech; Oliver Daddow
9. Extra-Parliamentary Eurosceptic Actors In The Uk; John Fitzgibbon
Part IV: EUROSCEPTIC INTERESTS?
10. British Political Discourse On The EU In The Context Of The Eurozone Crisis; Catherine Macmillan
11. The Role Of Finance In The UK ' 's Relationship With The European Union; Nicholas Sowels
12. The Transatlantic Dimension Of British Euroscepticism; Hajnalka Vincze
Index

Agnès Alexandre-Collier, Professor of British Studies, University of Burgundy, Dijon, France Cornelius Crowley, Professor of British Studies, Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, France Oliver Daddow, Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Chichester, UK John FitzGibbon, Senior Lecturer in Politics, Canterbury Christ Church University, UK Dr Chris Gifford, Head of Behavioural and Social Sciences, University of Huddersfield, UK Catherine MacMillan, Assistant Professor, Department of English Language and Literature, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey Dr. Andrew Mycock, Reader in Politics, University of Huddersfield, UK Pauline Schnapper, Professor of British Studies, University of Paris Sorbonne Nouvelle, France Nicholas Sowels, Senior Lecturer in English, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France Dr Menno Spiering, literary historian and a co-founder of the programme of European Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Karine Tournier-Sol, SeniorLecturer in British politics, University of Toulon, France Hajnalka Vincze, independent security and defence policy analyst Ben Wellings, Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Monash University, and Deputy-director of the Monash European and EU Centre, Australia