View Item 
        •   Utrecht University Student Theses Repository Home
        • UU Theses Repository
        • Theses
        • View Item
        •   Utrecht University Student Theses Repository Home
        • UU Theses Repository
        • Theses
        • View Item
        JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

        Browse

        All of UU Student Theses RepositoryBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

        An Uneasy Settlement: Conservative Governments and Britain's Approach to Europe from Accession to Brexit

        Thumbnail
        View/Open
        An Uneasy Settlement - BA thesis Jeroen Spieker - 6262554.pdf (656.0Kb)
        Publication date
        2021
        Author
        Spieker, J.
        Metadata
        Show full item record
        Summary
        Both the accession of the United Kingdom to the European Community and Brexit have received ample attention by academics. Still, a gap persists between explanations of the former, which often focus on government actors and international relations, and of the latter, which usually emphasize Britain’s domestic politics and public opinion. This thesis aims to fill this gap by further developing the theory of Liberal Intergovernmentalism in order to come to a historical understanding of the changes in approach towards European integration between Britain’s various Conservative governments. Through analysis of government documents as well as primary and secondary literature on the policy preferences of major interest groups it is argued that the approach Conservative governments have taken to Europe has always been both responsive and sceptical, rooted in a discrepancy between the European institutional framework and Conservative governments’ state preferences for economic liberalization and regulatory sovereignty.
        URI
        https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/39517
        Collections
        • Theses
        Utrecht university logo