- Overview. This will be an interactive session to gauge student knowledge

- Britain – The Reluctant European. This will look at Britain’s membership of the EU

- British Media and the EU. The British media have been very critical of the EU.

- The EU Referendum. This will look at why the referendum was held, the campaign, and the result

- Brexit – what will happen. This session will be one of conjecture: what might happen assuming Britain does leave the EU

The assessment for the students will be a 500-word self-reflection of their experiences on the module. This could include their expectations at the outset and how they were met. It could include what they liked or disliked, and why. It could also include comment on things that were not included that they would have liked to have covered.

Lecture Programme and Readings

The text that will cover the first three sessions is A. Jones (2016); Britain and the European Union (Edinburgh University Press, second edition). https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=oZw7DwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP5&dq=A+Jones+Britain+and+the+EU&ots=Y3Z6OBb7Rq&sig=0fQKyqO2br4wLvTTFR-dHx5fcso#v=onepage&q=A%20Jones%20Britain%20and%20the%20EU&f=false

I have included a few articles and their websites for this reading list. I hope students are able to access the web links.

· Overview. This will be an interactive session to gauge student knowledge

M. Baimbridge, B. Burkitt & P. Whyman (2006); “Alternative Relationships between Britain and the EU: New Ways Forward?” Political Quarterly vol 77-3, pp. 402-412 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-923X.2006.00811.x/epdf

N. Campos & F. Coricelli (2015) “Why did Britain join the EU? A new insight from economic history” https://voxeu.org/article/britain-s-eu-membership-new-insight-economic-history

· Britain – The Reluctant European. This will look at Britain’s membership of the EU

M. Baimbridge, B. Burkitt & P. Whyman (2006); “Alternative Relationships between Britain and the EU: New Ways Forward?” Political Quarterly vol 77-3, pp. 402-412 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-923X.2006.00811.x/epdf

J. Springford (2013); “Is immigration a reason for Britain to leave the EU?” Centre for European Reform http://cer-live.thomas-paterson.co.uk/sites/default/files/publications/attachments/pdf/2013/pb_imm_uk_27sept13-7892.pdf

· British Media and the EU. The British media have been very critical of the EU.

A. Gamble (2012); “Better Off Out? Britain and Europe” Political Quarterly vol. 83-2, pp. 468-477 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-923X.2012.02346.x/epdf

B. Hawkins (2012); “Nation, Separation and Threat: An Analysis of British Media Discourses on the European Union Treaty Reform Process” Journal of Common Market Studies vol. 50-4, pp. 561-577 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jcms.2012.50.issue-4/issuetoc

· The EU Referendum. This will look at why the referendum was held, the campaign, and the result

Parliament Briefing on the referendum http://researchbriefings.parliament.uk/ResearchBriefing/Summary/CBP-7486

Key moments in the EU referendum campaign http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-eu-referendum-36595226

Newspaper evaluation of the campaign http://www.independent.co.uk/infact/brexit-second-referendum-false-claims-eu-referendum-campaign-lies-fake-news-a8113381.html

S. Hobolt (2016); “The Brexit vote: a divided nation, a divided continent” Journal of European Public Policy vol. 23-9, pp. 1259-1277 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13501763.2016.1225785

C. Llewellyn & L. Cram (2016); “Brexit? Analyzing Opinion on the

UK-EU Referendum within Twitter” Proceedings of the Tenth International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media http://www.aaai.org/ocs/index.php/ICWSM/ICWSM16/paper/download/13119/12772

· Brexit – what will happen. This session will be one of conjecture: what might happen assuming Britain does leave the EU

There is no reading for this session. Students may wish to access Czech or Slovak (or any other country) newspapers to see if there have been any stories written on this subject matter