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

    By Mark Baimbridge, Philip B. Whyman and Brian Burkitt

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    Is there an alternative to EU membership? What if Britain left the EU? Would it be a disastrous or liberating experience? What trade relationships could the UK forge outside the EU? How would economic and social policy be different? What are the implications for sovereignty and democracy?
    This text seeks to answer these questions through exploring the future options for Britain regarding its relationship with the European Union (EU). To the British establishment it seemed obvious that joining the process towards greater European integration would reverse the UK’s post-war declining political influence and accelerate its rate of economic growth. Consequently, a recurrent theme is that UK participation in ever closer European integration is widely perceived as ‘inevitable’. In contrast, this book both addresses and challenges this presumption by illustrating that a variety of alternative forms of relationship are feasible, together with outlining possible policy options that may compliment and enhance the consequences arising from the fundamental decision of how the UK determines its future.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherImprint Academic
    Release dateMar 7, 2012
    ISBN9781845403928
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      Moored to the Continent - Mark Baimbridge

      Moored to the continent?

      Future options for Britain and the EU

      Mark Baimbridge,

      Philip B. Whyman

      and Brian Burkitt

      Copyright © Mark Baimbridge, Philip B. Whyman and Brian Burkitt 2012

      The moral rights of the author have been asserted.

      No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form without permission, except for the quotation of brief passages in criticism and discussion.

      Originally published in the UK by

      Imprint Academic, PO Box 200, Exeter EX5 5YX, UK

      Originally published in the USA by

      Imprint Academic, Philosophy Documentation Center

      PO Box 7147, Charlottesville, VA 22906-7147, USA

      Digital version converted and published in 2012 by

      Andrews UK Limited

      www.andrewsuk.com

      Also by Mark Baimbridge

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      Mark Baimbridge

      Division of Economics

      School of Social and International Studies

      University of Bradford, UK

      Philip B. Whyman

      Lancashire Institute for Economic and Business Research

      Lancashire Business School

      University of Central Lancashire, UK

      Brian Burkitt

      Department of Social Sciences and Humanities,

      School of Social and International Studies,

      University of Bradford, UK

      Preface

      There are many people to thank for their input into making this book possible. We would like to thank our colleagues at the universities of Bradford and Central Lancashire for their comradeship and general support for our research on European economic integration. Finally, we owe a deep sense of gratitude to our families and partners for their forbearance during the preparation of this book. It is to them that this book is dedicated: MB: Mary, Ken, Beibei and Douglas; PW: Barbara, Boyd and Claire; BB: Beryl, Ivan and Marvin.

      Any remaining errors and omissions we gladly attribute to each other.

      Haworth, Nether Edge and Guiseley

      April 2011

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      From its beginnings, half a century ago, in the immediate aftermath of World War II, through to its expansion, we highlight some of the key events that have shaped the development of the EU towards closer integration.

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