ABSTRACT
Research on Euroscepticism has drawn from two different fields of study. The first is the research that comes from comparative politics and which has focused on the wider phenomenon of Euroscepticism across Europe, drawing on research from across the continent. The second set of research has been focused on European Union (EU) institutions and has examined the impact of Euroscepticism within those institutions. Research on Euroscepticism has largely been focused on the nature of both public opinion and on party-based Euroscepticism. This research has primarily drawn from the comparative study of political parties and the study of polling data. The challenge that the integration of the EU and comparative politics fields offers is more than an intellectual challenge as it is about integrating different types of scholarship that have developed as independent fields of study. Any future research on Euroscepticism should try and improve synergies across these two fields.
