This book is a careful examination of the historical formation of
Britain as a conglomerate state and of key moments in its
interrelations with the European powers. The author relates this to
the governing discourses of politicians, the mass media and of the
British people. There emerges the centrality of the rhetoric of
sovereignty to political elites and to the population at large, one
that conceives of Britain's engagement with Europe as a zero-sum
game. A second related theme is the power of geographical images -
of Britain as an island, in giving sustenance to this idea of the
British nation as by nature separate and autonomous. It follows
then that the European Union is seen as 'other' and that
involvement in European decision-making tends to be viewed in terms
of threat rather than of possibility.Dr Ichijo argues that the
concept of sovereignty that underlies this is somewhat naive, since
nation-states are not autonomous, economically, militarily or
politically, in an increasingly interdependent world. Only by
pooling sovereignty can states maximize their national interests in
the contemporary world, and the European Union is one instrument by
which this can be managed. This, she shows, is understood more
among British political elites than the general population.
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