Overview

Euroscepticism has emerged as a growing constraint on European integration, starting with the Maastricht Treaty in the early 1990s, continuing with the mid-2000s constitutional debacle and intensifying with the eurozone crisis – a crisis in which Southern Europe has played a key role. But is opposition to European integration really greater now than in the past? The only way to answer this question is through diachronic studies, focusing on change over time. This is the gap in the literature which the present volume aims to fill, through an examination of the origins, evolution and prospects of opposition to integration, focusing on a region traditionally regarded as exceptionally europhile. As a laboratory for the study of attitudes towards European integration, Southern Europe offers a particularly rich range of case studies, including a founder member (Italy), three ‘second generation’ states (Greece, Spain and Portugal), two recent entrants (Cyprus and Malta) and a negotiating candidate (Turkey). The volume traces the evolution of euroscepticism in each South European country, assessing its significance, identifying key turning-points and highlighting both continuity and change. Covering party and popular euroscepticism, the book illuminates similarities and differences between national experiences of euroscepticism. This book was published as a special issue of South European Society and Politics.

Full Product Details

Author:   Susannah Verney
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 18.90cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   0.410kg
ISBN:  

9780415847520

ISBN 10:   0415847524
Pages:   214
Publication Date:   31 May 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

1. Euroscepticism in Southern Europe: A Diachronic Perspective Susannah Verney 2. ‘The Ebb and Flow’ of Euroscepticism in Italy Lucia Quaglia 3. An Exceptional Case? Party and Popular Euroscepticism in Greece, 1959–2009 Susannah Verney 4. Room for Manoeuvre: Euroscepticism in the Portuguese Parties and Electorate 1976–2005 Marina Costa LoboandPedro C. Magalhães 5. Spain: Euroscepticism in a Pro-European Country? Antonia M. Ruiz JiménezandAlfonso Egea de Haro 6. Malta: Euroscepticism in a Polarised Polity Roderick Pace 7. Changing Patterns of Euroscepticism in Cyprus: European Discourse in a Divided Polity and Society Kalliope Agapiou-Josephides 8. Euroscepticism in Turkey: Parties, Elites, and Public Opinion Hakan Yılmaz

Reviews

Author Information

Susannah Verney is Assistant Professor in European Integration at the University of Athens and has also held Visiting Fellowships at the Universities of Bristol and Bradford. She is Editor of South European Society & Politics (since 1999) and former Associate Editor of The Journal of Modern Greek Studies (2000-2002).

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Countries Available

All regions