Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: S tarting with a historical overview of the political struggle against the European integration project since the 1960s, this article underlines the both permanent and changing features of British Euroscepticism. The most recent period has seen a flourishing of skeptical groups that have formed not only outside the parliamentary arena but the two main parties as well. European issues have become an increasingly prominent feature in British politics, weakening the bipartisan system by prompting factionism, the creation of new parties, the rise of new way of doing politics and the political involvement of social groups. British Euroscepticism revolves around concerns over socio-economical, political and geopolitical issues. These three arguments reflect three different kinds of discourses: utilitarian (Is European integration good for British economy?), institutional (Does European involvement in the EU undermine the British parliament’s sovereignty?) and (inter)nationalist (Is EU membership compatible with the UK’s role in worldwide leadership?).
Source: Critique internationale
Author: Julian Mischi
Language: French
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2142720422