The Eurosceptical Reader 2

by M. Holmes

Overview

Europe is the biggest political issue in contemporary Britain. The contributions to this volume all express disapproval and doubt about the integration process. Some favour EU membership while rejecting the single currency; others favour renegotiation of Britain's relationship with the EU; others recommend withdrawal. But different preferred solutions do not obscure a commonality of belief that the status quo of EU membership, leading inexorably to a monetary and fiscal euroland, is undesirable and should be democratically resisted. Similarly Tony Blair's advocacy of a 'superpower' Europe is conceptually repudiated.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333973769
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	11/19/2001
Edition description:	2001
Pages:	296
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

MARK BAIMBRIDGE Lecturer in Economics, University of Bradford
JOHN BERCOW Member of Parliament
CHRISTOPHER BROOKER Journalist, Sunday Telegraph
BRIAN BURKITT Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Bradford
SIR JOHN COLES Former private secretary to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and until 1997 Head of the British Diplomatic Service and permanent Under-Secretary of the Foreign Office
NEVIL JOHNSON Emeritus Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford
GRAEME LEACH Chief Economist, Institute of Directors
RUSSELL LEWIS Leader Writer, Daily Mail, Director of the Bow Group, and General Director, Institute of Economic Affairs
KEITH MARSDEN Economic Consultant, Geneva
WILHELM NÖLLING Lecturer, Economics Department, University of Hamburg
PETER SHORE Lord Shore of Stepney
ANTHONY THIRLWALL Professor of Applied Economics, University of Kent, Canterbury
PHILIP WHYMAN Lecturer in Economics, University of Central Lancashire
SIR OLIVER WRIGHT, GCMG, GCVO, DSC Retired, formerly with the Diplomatic Service

Table of Contents

List of Tables List of Figures List of Maps Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction; M.Holmes PART I: ECONOMIC EUROSCEPTICISM British Influence and the Euro; J.Coles The Euro and Regional Divergence in Europe; T.Thirlwall British Trade and Europe since the 1960s; M.Holmes The UK and Euroland: Ships that Pass in the Night; G.Leach Euroland and NAFTA Compared; K.Marsden The Bank that Rules Europe; M.Baimbridge, B. Burkitt & P.Whyman Has the Euro Lived up to Expectations?; W.Nölling PART II: POLITICAL EUROSCEPTICISM The Myth of Europe; R.Lewis Britain, Europe and the United States; O.Wright Can Self-government Survive?; N.Johnson Separate Ways; Lord Shore of Stepney Nice and Beyond: the Parting of the Ways; C.Brooker Aiming for the Heart of Europe: A Misguided Venture; J.Bercow Index

Editorial Reviews

'A serious book for specialists troubled about Britain's entrance into the EU.' - M. Curtis, Choice

From the Publisher

British opposition to joining the European Union and the imposition of a single European currency has been dubbed "Euroscepticism." Holmes (politics, St Hugh's College, Oxford, UK) presents 13 papers that present the case for Euroscepticism in the political and economic spheres. Among the topics addressed are the underperformance of the euro, the threat of the single currency to employment and growth, the lack of flexibility in the EU, and the threat to British self government. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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