Anti-Europeanism, Populism and European Integration in a Historical Perspective

Introduction. Contesting Europe: the origins of populist anti-Europeanism

Andrea Guiso and Daniele Pasquinucci

Part 1 Historicising populist Euroscepticism

1. Distinct but converging: historicising populist Euroscepticism

Daniele Pasquinucci

2. European integration and democratic legitimacy: a historical assessment of the institutional and economic roots of populist Euroscepticism

Andrea Guiso

3. Euroscepticism from a historical viewpoint: the need for further definition and a brief periodisation

Antonio Varsori

Part 2 The historical roots of Brexit

4. British nationalism and Brexit

Mark Gilbert

5. Euroscepticism and Populism: the UK Labour Party since 1945

William King

6. Brexit and Margaret Thatcher’s Eurosceptic legacy

Domenico Maria Bruni and Laura Chiara Cecchi

Part 3 France and Germany: the old couple in the face of populist Euroscepticism

7. The French Communist Party facing the European Defense Community (1950-1954): between propaganda, ideology and populism

Martial Libera

8. From “Front” to “Rassemblement National”: radical right populist Euroscepticism in France

Nicola Genga

9. Something new on the German Front: the Alternative für Deutschland and Europe

Federico Niglia

Part 4 National varieties of populist Euroscepticism

10. The construction of a Dutch Eurosceptic tradition by contemporary populist political parties

Robin de Bruin

11. Euroscepticism and Vox: is it the end of Spanish exceptionalism?

Maria Elena Cavallaro and Giorgia Priorelli

12. “Against the hegemony of Brussels”: the anti-Europeanism of right-wing political parties in Poland

Joanna Sondel-Cedarmas

13. Following the benefits. Utilitarian attitudes towards the European Union: evidence from three Central and Eastern European countries

Marco Morini and Peter Plenta

Part 5 Italy and Europe: from consensus to disenchantment

14. Between old-style nationalism and political realism: Italy’s diplomatic resistance to the process of European integration between 1945 and 1957

Gerardo Nicolosi

15. Is the lira to blame? The European monetary “Snake” and the emergence of Italian anti-Europeanism

Lucrezia Ranieri

16. Populism and Euroscepticism in Italy: outlining the historical roots of a long-standing interplay

Giovanni de Ghantuz Cubbe

17. Populism, populists, European democracies and European Union: the Italian case

Marc Lazar

Biography

Andrea Guiso is a Full Professor of Contemporary History at the Department of Communication and Social Research, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.

Daniele Pasquinucci is a Full Professor of History of International Relations and Jean Monnet Chair in History of European integration at the Department of Social, Political and Cognitive Sciences of the University of Siena, Italy.

"Brexit and Britain’s skepticism and ultimate disenchantment with membership in the European Union have been much-discussed subjects. Much less so is Populist anti-Europeanism, thought to be a relatively new phenomenon. Though increasingly reported by journalists over the last few years, there has been no major study devoted to it across the major European states until now. In this volume, 20 scholars from several countries have sought to define its emergence, appeal, and development and determine the commonalities among the several movements, parties, and groups that embrace it..."

--N. Greene, Wesleyan University, USA
January 2025 Vol. 62 No. 5 issue of CHOICE Reviews: Recommended - Advanced undergraduates through faculty.