The UK's Relationship with Europe

Combines an approachable introduction to poststructuralist discourse analysis with a detailed empirical examination of three key periods Provides timely context to the forthcoming EU membership referendum debate Highlights the key consistencies and changes over forty years of debates on the UK's relationship with Europe Sheds light on how the issues of immigration and EU membership have become increasingly intertwined

Autorentext
John Todd is a PhD candidate at the University of Oslo's Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law, Norway. He holds a Master's degree in International Relations from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences and has worked in a range of policy roles within the civil service in Belfast and London.

Inhalt
Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Theory and Methodology.- Chapter 3. The British Discourse on Europe 1975: Wilson and the First Referendum.- Chapter 4. The British Discourse on Europe 1992-3: Major and the Maastricht 'Bastards'.- Chapter 5. The British Discourse on Europe 2013: Cameron and the Second Referendum.- Chapter 6. Conclusion: Struggling over Sovereignty.