Making of Eurosceptic Britain

Dr Chris Gifford is the Head of Department of Behavioural and Social Sciences at the University of Huddersfield where he is a member of the Academy for British and Irish Studies.

• Preface and Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- The Post-Imperial Crisis -- Britain and the Beginnings of European Integration -- British Membership and its opponents -- eurosceptic Thatcherism -- a european crisis of the British state -- Labour in power: The Rise and Fall of anglo-europe -- The eurosceptic challenge to the coalition Government conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index

'Not only does this book provide us with an updated analysis of the relationship between the UK and the EU but it offers an essential contribution to the debate about British Euroscepticism. In identifying it as a structural effect of post-imperial change and "integral to the trajectory of the British political order", Gifford gives a new and fascinating perspective to British post-war history.'Agnes Alexandre-Collier, Universite de Bourgogne, France'For those seeking to make sense of Britain's troubled relationship with Europe, Chris Gifford's historical-political analysis provides a timely and engaging argument. Keeping pace with Eurosceptic politics and theoretical advances, Gifford explains convincingly why Europe was not - nor could ever be - an answer to Britain's post-imperial malaise.'Ben Wellings, Monash University, Australia