The Eurosceptical Reader 2

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.

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

Autorentext
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

Zusammenfassung
Some favour EU membership while rejecting the single currency; others favour renegotiation of Britain's relationship with the EU; 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.

Inhalt
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