Britain and the Crisis of the European Union [Hardcover]

This book centres on the effects of the political and later economic crisis which seriously affected the European Union and its impact on the seemingly endless UK debate over Britain's position within the EU.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 Polă>