Britain in the European Union Law, Policy and Parliament

Written by the same team that producedWestminster and Europe[1996], this book reports and analyzes the major developments in the relationship between Britain and the European Union between the ratification of the Maastricht Treaty and the British General Election of 2001.Britain in the European Unionfocuses particularly on the EU's impact on parliamentary institutions in the UK and on law and policy in such controversial areas as employment and the social chapter, foreign and security policy, enlargement and governance, immigration and asylum and the single currency.

Philip Giddings is a Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Reading.