Product Description
This accessible book looks at Britain's relations with the European Union, past, present and future, from the perspective of the debate over national interests. The failure of New Labour to define, let alone advance, these interests is seen to be a central factor in confusions over European policy. This is an account that is of value to general readers and the policy-community alike, not least because it links European issues to wider questions of domestic and foreign policy, as well as Party identity and interest.
About the Author
Jeremy Black is Professor of History at the University of Exeter. Graduating from Cambridge with a starred first, he did postgraduate work at Oxford, and then taught at Durham, eventually as professor before moving to Exeter in 1996. He has lectured extensively in Australasia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy and the USA. He was awarded an MBE for services to stamp design. He is the author of over sixty books including History of the British Isles, Maps and Politics, War: Past, Present and Future, and Britain Since the Seventies.