This book centres on the effects of the political and later economic crisis which seriously affected the European Union and its impact on the seemingly endless UK debate over Britain's position within the EU.List of tables and figures Acknowledgements Introduction 1. A Multi-Faceted Crisis 2. Britain and Europe in a new Global Environment 3. Notes on Theory and Method 4. Intergovernmentalism and Historical Institutionalism 5. Comparative and Historical Political Economy 6. Outline PART I: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE EUROZONE CRISIS 7. The Eurozone: A Crisis Waiting to Happen 8. The EZ Crisis An Analytical Chronology 9. Phase One: From Maastricht to Meltdown 10. Phase Two: The Sovereign Debt Crisis 11. Solutions become problems 12. European Integration From Embedded Liberalism to Variegated Neoliberalism 13. Conclusion: Winner Takes All, But at What Cost ? PART II: BRITISH PREFERENCES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: UNSUNG SUCCESS 14. Consequences of a Late Entry 1945-79 15. The Conservative Governments 1979-97 16. The New Labour Years 17. The Convention and Constitutional Treaty 18. Conclusion PART III: EUROSCEPTICISM IN BRITAIN 19. British Euroscepticism 20. Divisions about Europe 1945-88 21. Blair and New Labour: An End to Divisions ? 22. The Conservative Party after 1997: the Drift towards Hard Euroscepticism 23. Public Opinion since the late 1990s 24. Conclusion PART IV: THE CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 25. Disillusionment and the Strains in the Political System 26. Fragmentation and Polarisation 27. The Effect of National and Global Trends 28. The Rise of Populist Parties 29. The Political Use of Referendums 30. Devolution and the Pol3*
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