British Public Opinion and Party Policy Towards European Integration, 1973–2016

​Stuart Smedley is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Southampton, UK, and a Research Manager in the Ipsos UK Public Affairs team. His work has appeared in leading academic journals such as Twentieth Century British History and JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies. He has taught modules on British politics at King’s College London and the London School of Economics and Political Science, as well as on the history of Britain and European integration since 1945 at King’s College London.

• 1. Introduction.- 2. British Public Opinion and European Integration.- 3. Deeper and Flexible Integration.- 4. The Single Market.- 5. Economic and Monetary Union.- 6. Enlargement.- 7. Foreign and Defence Policy Cooperation.- 8. Conclusion.