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The UK’s Relationship with Europe

Struggling over Sovereignty

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Authors:
  1. John Todd

    1. University of Oslo, Department of Criminology and Sociology, Oslo, Norway

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  • Combines an approachable introduction to poststructuralist discourse analysis with a detailed empirical examination of three key periods

  • Provides timely context to the forthcoming EU membership referendum debate

  • Highlights the key consistencies and changes over forty years of debates on the UK’s relationship with Europe

  • Sheds light on how the issues of immigration and EU membership have become increasingly intertwined

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Introduction

    • John Todd
    Pages 1-6

  3. Theory and Methodology

    • John Todd
    Pages 7-29

  4. The British Discourse on Europe 1975: Wilson and the First Referendum

    • John Todd
    Pages 31-55

  5. The British Discourse on Europe 1992–1993: Major and the Maastricht “Bastards”

    • John Todd
    Pages 57-82

  6. The British Discourse on Europe 2013: Cameron and the Second Referendum

    • John Todd
    Pages 83-105

  7. Conclusion: Struggling over Sovereignty

    • John Todd
    Pages 107-115

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 117-126
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About this book

This book provides an accessible and timely analysis of how the British discourse on Europe has evolved over the past forty years. It focuses on three key episodes: the 1975 referendum on the UK’s continued membership of the European Economic Community; the 1992-3 debates on ratification of the Maastricht Treaty; and the more recent proto-referendum debates sparked by David Cameron’s Bloomberg speech in January 2013.  Using a discourse-analytical approach, the book analyses how political and media voices seek to delineate a British sense of self from a Continental other. Importantly, the book also pays close attention to the rising prominence of immigration issues within the British discourse on Europe. 

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Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Oslo, Department of Criminology and Sociology, Oslo, Norway

    John Todd

About the author

John Todd is a PhD candidate at the University of Oslo’s Department of Criminology and Sociology of Law, Norway. He holds a Master’s degree in International Relations from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences and has worked in a range of policy roles within the civil service in Belfast and London.

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