Britain and the European Union

Alistair Jones is Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at De Montfort University and is Programme Leader for the B.A. (Hons.) International Business and Globalisation course. He is co-author (with Phil Cocker) of Contemporary British Politics and Government (Liverpool Academic Press, 3rd edn, 2002) and Essential Topics in British Politics and Government (Liverpool Academic Press, 2005).

• List of boxes; List of tables; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. History and Development of the EU; 3. Institutions of the EU; 4. Common Policies of the EU; 5. Europeanisation; 6. Intergovernmentalism versus Supranationalism; 7. Expansion versus Integration; 8. The influence of the EU on Britain; 9. Political Parties and the EU; 10. The British media and the European Union; 11. Reluctant Europeans – Public Opinion on the European Union; 12. Conclusion – Is Britain still the ‘reluctant European’?; References; Bibliography; Index.