This book examines the British government's negotiation of the Treaty on European Union which took place between December 1990 and December 1991. On the basis of documentary and interview based evidence of leading participants from Britain and Europe, it offers a unique insight into the objectives and motivations of the British government. It analyses the various constraints and pressures that impinged on the British government and sets its successes and failures in the Maastricht negotiations in a broader context of British European policy.

ANTHONY FORSTER is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Nottingham and prior to that was Lecturer in Politics at St. Hilda's College, Oxford. He has published articles and chapters on Britain's relationship with Europe and European Union foreign and security policy. His current research interest centres on Euroscepticism and the transformation of British foreign policy.

Acknowledgements Introduction The Origins of British Policy Economic and Monetary Union Social Policy Foreign and Security Policy Institutional Reform: the European Parliament Explaining British Policy in the IGCs Conclusion Bibliography Appendix I Appendix II Index