The UK's Journeys into and Out of the EU : Destinations Unknown.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 'Brexit means Brexit' -- Aim of this Volume -- Note -- 2. The Origins of European Integration: Emerging lines of (dis-)engagement -- A European Peace Project -- An Early Application to Join -- The Hague Summit Changes the Game -- The UK en route to Europe -- Renegotiation -- Referendum -- Finally 'In' - but as an Awkward Partner, not a Key Player -- Notes -- 3. Winning and Losing: Money, power and the politics of treaty reform -- In, but not Enthusiastic -- Too High a Price? 'I Want my Money Back' -- Crossing the Rubicon - the Single European Act (1986) -- The Collapse of Communism in Europe and German Unification -- The Maastricht Watershed -- Notes -- 4. Leaving the People Behind -- Enlargement - Widening and Deepening, and the Tensions between the Two -- Preparing to Enlarge - the EU needs to Reform Itself Too -- A Referendum Pledge -- Seeds of our Own Sowing -- Note -- 5. Seeking to Reconcile Conservatives and Coalition -- Growing Conservative Euroscepticism -- Into Coalition -- The Coalition Agreement -- Towards a Referendum -- The Bloomberg Speech - Changing the EU-UK Relationship -- Repatriating Powers -- The EU Budget and the MFF - Finishing the Job Thatcher Started -- European Democracy at Work: EP Elections 2014 and the Juncker Debacle -- Notes -- 6. Cameron's Three Rs: Reform, renegotiation, referendum -- The Calm before the Storm -- Preparing for a Referendum -- Reform and Renegotiation -- The Battle Lines are Drawn -- The Referendum Itself -- The Campaigns -- Vote Leave -- The Outcome -- Note -- 7. Where do we Go from Here? -- 'Brexit means Brexit' (Reprise) -- Who Can File for Divorce? -- When to Leave? -- What Sort of Brexit under Theresa May?.

Nothing Changes until the Day the UK leaves the EU…or Does it? -- Coming Full Circle -- Note -- 8. Postscript -- References -- Index.

This Routledge Focus aims to investigate and analyse the United Kingdom's relationship with the European Communities (EC) and the European Union (EU). While the UK's voters opted to remain in the EC in a 1975 referendum, by June 2016 a majority favoured leaving the EU. This volume examines the UK's journey into the Union, how voters came to decide on Brexit, and where the UK's departure from the EU may lead it.

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