„Opposing Europe?” (SZCZERBIAK & TAGGART 2008)

 ALEKS SZCZERBIAK AND PAUL TAGGART (eds.), Opposing Europe? The Comparative Party Politics of Euroscepticism, Volume 1: Case Studies and Country Surveys, Oxford University Press, 2008

List of Figures vii

List of Tables ix

Contributors xiii

1. Introduction: Opposing Europe? The Politics of Euroscepticism in Europe 1

Paul Taggart and Aleks Szczerbiak

2. The Limits of Party-Based Euroscepticism in Germany 16

Charles Lees

3. Euroscepticism in France, 1992–2002 38

Gérard Grunberg

4. Euroscepticism in Italy 58

Lucia Quaglia

5. Hard but Hardly Relevant: Party-Based Euroscepticism in Belgium 75

Kris Deschouwer and Martine Van Assche

6. Euroscepticism in the British Party System: ‘A Source of Fascination, Perplexity, and Sometimes Frustration’ 93

David Baker, Andrew Gamble, Nick Randall, and David Seawright

7. Shades of Green: Euroscepticism in Irish Political Parties 117

Karin Gilland

8. Euroscepticism and Political Parties in Spain 134

Marga Gómez-Reino, Iván Llamazares, and Luis Ramiro

9. Euroscepticism in Denmark 152

Ann-Christina Lauring Knudsen

10. The Difficult Task of Opposing Europe: The Finnish Party Politics of Euroscepticism 168

Tapio Raunio

11. Softer but Strong: Euroscepticism and Party Politics in Sweden 181

Nicholas Aylott

12. Euroscepticism in Austrian Political Parties: Ideologically Rooted or Strategically Motivated? 201

Franz Fallend

13. Opposing Europe or Problematizing Europe? Euroscepticism and ‘Eurorealism’ in the Polish Party System 221

Aleks Szczerbiak

14. Embracing Europe, Opposing EU-rope? Party-based euroscepticism in the Czech Republic 243

Sean Hanley

15. Euroscepticism in the Hungarian Party System: Voices from the Wilderness? 263

Agnes Batory

16. The Slovak Republic: Eurosceptics and Phoney Europhiles 277

Karen Henderson

17. Emerging Party-based Euroscepticism in Estonia 295

Evald Mikkel and Andres Kasekamp

18. Euroscepticism and Slovenian Political Parties: A Case of Weak Party-based Euroscepticism 314

Alenka Krašovec and Simona Kustec Lipicer

19. The European Question and the Norwegian Party System since 1961: The Freezing of a Modern Cleavage or Contingent Opposition? 328

Nick Sitter

20. Conclusion: Opposing Europe? Three Patterns of Party Competition over Europe 348

Paul Taggart and Aleks Szczerbiak

References 364

Index 395