Proponents of Euroscepticism in the United Kingdom from 1950 to 2017

• Authors: Omelian Tarnavskyi

Title variants

PL

Zwolennicy eurosceptycyzmu w Wielkiej Brytanii w latach 1950–2017

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The author of this article explores the issues of the Proponents of Euroscepticism in the UK from 1950 to 2017. The researcher claims that Winston Churchill was the first Eurosceptic Prime Minister. The author believes that Euroscepticism is not related to any political party, but is a non-party phenomenon, not linked to a particular ideology. However, the researcher concludes that the biggest number of Eurosceptics in the UK can be found among the Conservatives. In addition, in his study, the author identifies the main theorist of contemporary British Euroscepticism as well as the moderate and radical types of Euroscepticism.

PL

Autor niniejszego artykułu bada kwestię obecności zwolenników eurosceptycyzmu w Wielkiej Brytanii w latach 1950–2017. Autor twierdzi, że pierwszym eurosceptycznym szefem rządu był Winston Churchill i utrzymuje, że eurosceptycyzm nie jest zjawiskiem powiązanym z jakąkolwiek partią polityczną, lecz zjawiskiem o charakterze ponadpartyjnym, nieposiadającym ścisłego związku z konkretną ideologią. Jednocześnie zauważa, że największy odsetek eurosceptyków w Wielkiej Brytanii występuje wśród konserwatystów. W toku rozważań zawartych w artykule, autor identyfikuje głównego teoretyka współczesnego brytyjskiego eurosceptycyzmu, a także wyodrębnia umiarkowany i radykalny wariant eurosceptycyzmu.

Keywords

EN

European Union; Euroscepticism; Brexit; European Union; Euroscepticism; Brexit

PL

Unia Europejska; eurosceptycyzm; brexit

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Środkowoeuropejskie Studia Polityczne
• Year: 2017
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 39-58

Dates

published

2018-04-11

Contributors

author

Omelian Tarnavskyi

• Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University, Ukraine

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/ssp.2017.4.3