ABSTRACT
Europe has seen the growth of Euroscepticism in the last twenty years. It has developed from being a marginal political project, usually the preserve of peripheral political parties, to being a position held by parties in government and by those in the mainstream of politics. It has developed in the United Kingdom (UK) to such an extent that it has resulted in the 2016 referendum decision to withdraw the UK from the European Union (EU). The study of Euroscepticism, like the phenomenon itself, has likewise seen a massive growth. This chapter attempts to lay out the state of the art on research on Euroscepticism and to chart some future possible directions for scholarship in this area.
