TY - JOUR
T1 - Introduction
T2 - Euroscepticism, from the margins to the mainstream
AU - Brack, Nathalie
AU - Startin, Nicholas
PY - 2015/6
Y1 - 2015/6
N2 - With the advent of the Eurozone crisis, Euroscepticism has become increasingly mainstreamed. This is discernible across Europe at the level of public opinion, among political parties and civil society groups, within the EU institutions themselves and in terms of changing and more challenging media discourses. Against the backdrop of the 2014 European elections and a potential referendum on UK membership of the EU, the purpose of this article is to introduce an evolving debate. It begins with discussion of the ‘state of the art’ with regard to the study of Euroscepticism, before focusing on the significance of the latest European elections themselves. It then provides an overview of the various articles in the collection, explaining their relevance in helping to unravel the complexity and diversity of opposition towards ‘Europe’ and the extent to which Euroscepticism has become part of the mainstream with regard to European political debate.
AB - With the advent of the Eurozone crisis, Euroscepticism has become increasingly mainstreamed. This is discernible across Europe at the level of public opinion, among political parties and civil society groups, within the EU institutions themselves and in terms of changing and more challenging media discourses. Against the backdrop of the 2014 European elections and a potential referendum on UK membership of the EU, the purpose of this article is to introduce an evolving debate. It begins with discussion of the ‘state of the art’ with regard to the study of Euroscepticism, before focusing on the significance of the latest European elections themselves. It then provides an overview of the various articles in the collection, explaining their relevance in helping to unravel the complexity and diversity of opposition towards ‘Europe’ and the extent to which Euroscepticism has become part of the mainstream with regard to European political debate.
KW - EP elections
KW - European integration
KW - Euroscepticism
KW - radical left
KW - radical right
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84930176774&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0192512115577231
U2 - 10.1177/0192512115577231
DO - 10.1177/0192512115577231
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84930176774
SN - 0192-5121
VL - 36
SP - 239
EP - 249
JO - International Political Science Review
JF - International Political Science Review
IS - 3
ER -