The Eurosceptical Reader is the authoritative guide to the compelling arguments against European integration. The book sets out to dispel the myth which has grown up over the past thirty years that Britain's Eurosceptics are backward-looking, nationalistic, even xenophobic 'Little Englanders'. In reality, as this collection of articles and speeches illustrates, the Eurosceptical case has been anything other than introverted and obsessed with the past. Eurosceptics have always looked to the wider world beyond Europe not to a nostalgic British isolation. Whether from within the two main parties or from academia and journalism, the Eurosceptical case has become both intellectually powerful and politically persuasive. The all-star cast provides contemporary analysis to supplement classic contributions from Hugh Gaitskell, Margaret Thatcher, Enoch Powell, Tony Benn and others.

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' A gloriously diverse collectin of articles and speeches spanning over 50 years...especially popular among those students of politics who prefer reading the speaches of Lady Thatcher and Hugh Gaitskell on Europe to listening to the agendas espoused by most of their dons.' - The European Journal

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St Hugh’s College, Oxford, UK

Martin Holmes

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Book Title: The Eurosceptical Reader
Editors: Martin Holmes
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24979-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1996
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-66943-3Published: 10 October 1996
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-24979-4Published: 27 July 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 410
Topics: British Politics, Political Theory, International Relations, European Union Politics
Industry Sectors: Biotechnology

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Table of contents (22 chapters)

Historical and Constitutional Euroscepticism

National Self-hatred and the EC

Churchill and Europe

Monetary Policy after Maastricht: How much Independence will Britain Possess?

British Scepticism and the European Union: A Guide for Foreigners

Sense on Sovereignty

Britain and the Community: The Right Way Forward

The Common Market: No Middle Way

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