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Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Why Euroscepticism Matters -- Eurosceptics: channels of influence in the EU -- Euroscepticism and the evolution of EU governance: towards a less supranational Union? -- Euroscepticism outside the EU: implications for international relations -- Euroscepticism: a welcome thorn in the EU's side -- Conclusion -- 2 Varieties of Euroscepticism -- Euroscepticism across time: a historical overview -- Utilitarian Euroscepticism -- Political Euroscepticism -- Value-based Euroscepticism -- Cultural anti-Europeanism -- Conclusion -- 3 A Geography of Euroscepticism -- Different countries, different Euroscepticism(s) -- Accession processes and seniority as an EU member -- Collective utilitarian assessment of EU membership -- Degree of fit between the EU and national institutions -- Reference to 'Europe' in nation-building processes -- Strength and sense of national identity -- Euroscepticism at regional level -- Conclusion -- 4 Political Elites -- Elites' conversion to 'Europe': 'limited, short-ranged and tactical' (Haas 1958) -- Explaining party-based Euroscepticism -- Parties of government: a mainstreaming of Euroscepticism? -- Political elites in the European Parliament: enthusiastic Europeans? -- Conclusion -- 5 National Institutions -- The compliance problem: Euroscepticism through the back door? -- Administrations, courts and parliaments: loyal applicants of EU law? -- Member states and the European Court of Justice: towards a more tense relationship -- Conclusion -- 6 Popular Euroscepticism -- Patterns of support before Maastricht: an ambiguous public opinion -- Post-Maastricht Euroscepticism: symptom of a national democratic malaise -- Utilitarian scepticism and concerns over the redistributive consequences of integration.