Format:
1 online resource (252 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781845403218
Content:
This edited collection explores the future options for the UK regarding its relationship with the European Union (EU). Since Britain applied for membership in 1961, the nature of the relationship between the UK and the EU has been central to economic and political debate, being widely perceived as 'inevitable', because withdrawal from the process would leave Britain isolated and largely powerless. However, this book challenges this presumption by illustrating that it could be in Britain's long-term interest to seek positive and plausible global policy options if it were to be released from the rigidities and constraints imposed by aspects of EU membership (e.g. economic policy, agriculture and fisheries, trade relations, taxation policy, labour relations, social policy, human rights and civil liberties, foreign policy, sovereignty and national identity) Britain might benefit from a looser relationship. Hence, the effective choice Britain possesses is between an essentially European...
Content:
Cover -- Contents -- Front Matter -- Title Page -- Publisher Information -- About Global Vision -- Preface -- European Integration Timeline -- Notes on Contributors -- Britain Beyond the EU -- Body Matter -- Part I: Options for Economic Revival -- Time for a Global Vision for Britain -- Backing the Wrong Horse -- Options for Economic Policy -- It's the Economy Stupid -- Measuring the Economic Costs and Benefits of EU Membership -- The Effects of the EU on British Tax Policy -- British Trade Policy Outside the EU -- Building the Transatlantic Bridge: The Potential for Canada-UK Trade -- The City -- EU Regulation of Investment Markets -- A New Policy Framework -- Part II: Options for Political and Sovereignty Renewal -- Thinking Inside the Box: Restating the Case for the Nation-State -- Options for British Foreign Policy -- The EU: An Unloved Institution -- Options for Sovereignty -- Reclaiming Sovereignty: The Progressive Case -- The Importance of British Self-Governance -- Time for New Partners -- Options for Looser EU Ties -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Also Available.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781845401917
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781845401917
Language:
English
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