Moored to the Continent?: Future Options for Britain and the EU Book

Preface viii

European integration timeline ix

Glossary of terms xiv

1 Moored to the continent? 1

Part I An Awkward Partnership

2 The myth of globalisation and economic interdependence 8

3 Britain and the EU: so close yet so far 19

4 Consequences of EU membership 37

Part II Britain in a Global World

5 The euro as a flawed currency area 53

6 Alternative relationships: loosening the ties that bind 65

7 Britain outside the EU 78

Part III Options for a New Beginning

8 A new economic policy framework 90

9 A new social policy framework 110

10 A new political sovereignty framework 125

11 Towards a brave new world? 136

Bibliography 139

Index 152