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European Integration

Scope and Limits

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  • © 2001

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Authors:
  1. Martin Holmes

    1. St Hugh’s College, Oxford, UK

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction: Scope and Limits (2000)

    1. Introduction: Scope and Limits (2000)

      • Martin Holmes
      Pages 1-8

  3. Britain and European Integration

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. The Conservative Party and Europe (1994)

      • Martin Holmes
      Pages 11-26

    3. John Major and Europe: The Failure of a Policy (1997)

      • Martin Holmes
      Pages 27-51

    4. William Hague’s European Policy (2000)

      • Martin Holmes
      Pages 53-71

  5. Political Integration

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 145-145
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    2. European Federal Integration: The Case Against (1996)

      • Martin Holmes
      Pages 147-161

    3. Franco-German Friendship and the Destination of Federalism (1999)

      • Martin Holmes
      Pages 163-180

    4. Reviewing Europe: Selected Book Reviews 1991–7 (1999)

      • Martin Holmes
      Pages 181-205

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 207-242
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About this book

While acknowledging the ability of the European Union to advance towards greater political and economic integration, this book questions the wisdom of the European 'project'. Economic and monetary union is a risky venture even for the convergent countries of the continent - let alone divergent Britain - as the uncertain birth of the Euro proves. Political union, moreover, remains an elite aspiration which weakens democratic accountability and lacks popular legitimacy. The likelihood is that the full scope of EU integration will also reveal profound limits.

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'...thoughtful and intelligent.' - Janet Bush, Times Literary Supplement

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  • St Hugh’s College, Oxford, UK

    Martin Holmes

About the author

MARTIN HOLMES is a Lecturer in Politics at St Hugh's College, Oxford and Director of the College of Business Administration (UNL) Oxford. He is editor of The Eurosceptical Reader.

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