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Understanding Brexit : Why Britain Voted to Leave the European Union.

Av: Materialtyp: TextSerie: Utgivningsuppgift: Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2017Datum för upphovsrätt: ©2018Utgåva: 1st edBeskrivning: 1 online resource (157 pages)Innehållstyp:
  • text
Medietyp:
  • computer
Bärartyp:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781787146785
Ämnen: Genre/form: DDK-klassifikation:
  • 341.2/4220941
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Innehåll:
Front Cover -- Understanding Brexit -- Copyright Page -- SocietyNow Series -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: 'Brexit Means Brexit!' Or Does It? -- Understanding Brexit -- 2. Reluctant Europeans? An Economic History of European Integration in the United Kingdom -- The Long Shadow of Empire: European Integration and the Geo-Politics of Post-Imperial Decline -- Anglo-Capitalism and the Economics of Brexit -- Brexit and the 'Organic' Crisis of the British State -- The Eurozone Crisis and the Logic of Exit -- The Strange Bedfellows of Brexit: Market Fundamentalism and the Radical Right Reaction -- Summary and Conclusion -- 3. Two Tribes? The Winners and Losers of European Integration -- 'Othering' the EU: Brexit and the Politicization of Englishness Nationalism -- News from Nowhere! Who Are the 'Left Behind'? -- Brexit and the Culture War: 'Unpatriotic Traitors' versus 'Stupid Racists'? -- The End of the Phoney War: 'Resentful Nationalism' and the Politics of 'Post-Liberalism' -- Summary and Conclusion -- 4. New Political Alignments? The Making of a Pro-Brexit Electoral Coalition -- The 'Europe Question' in British Politics -- A Message from the 'Heartland': Brexit, Populism and the Rise of UKIP -- 'Take Back Control' or 'Stronger in Europe': The Battle Lines of the Referendum Campaign -- Breaking away! The Myth of the Northern Working-Class Revolt -- Summary and Conclusion -- 5. Post-Brexit Trajectories -- Economic Trajectories -- Social and Cultural Trajectories -- Political Trajectories -- Global Trajectories -- Bibliography -- Index.
Sammanfattning: On 23rd June 2016, the United Kingdom shocked the world by voting to leave the European Union. This short book examines why this happened, examining the historical, economic, political, social and cultural reasons that led to the Brexit vote.
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Front Cover -- Understanding Brexit -- Copyright Page -- SocietyNow Series -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction: 'Brexit Means Brexit!' Or Does It? -- Understanding Brexit -- 2. Reluctant Europeans? An Economic History of European Integration in the United Kingdom -- The Long Shadow of Empire: European Integration and the Geo-Politics of Post-Imperial Decline -- Anglo-Capitalism and the Economics of Brexit -- Brexit and the 'Organic' Crisis of the British State -- The Eurozone Crisis and the Logic of Exit -- The Strange Bedfellows of Brexit: Market Fundamentalism and the Radical Right Reaction -- Summary and Conclusion -- 3. Two Tribes? The Winners and Losers of European Integration -- 'Othering' the EU: Brexit and the Politicization of Englishness Nationalism -- News from Nowhere! Who Are the 'Left Behind'? -- Brexit and the Culture War: 'Unpatriotic Traitors' versus 'Stupid Racists'? -- The End of the Phoney War: 'Resentful Nationalism' and the Politics of 'Post-Liberalism' -- Summary and Conclusion -- 4. New Political Alignments? The Making of a Pro-Brexit Electoral Coalition -- The 'Europe Question' in British Politics -- A Message from the 'Heartland': Brexit, Populism and the Rise of UKIP -- 'Take Back Control' or 'Stronger in Europe': The Battle Lines of the Referendum Campaign -- Breaking away! The Myth of the Northern Working-Class Revolt -- Summary and Conclusion -- 5. Post-Brexit Trajectories -- Economic Trajectories -- Social and Cultural Trajectories -- Political Trajectories -- Global Trajectories -- Bibliography -- Index.

On 23rd June 2016, the United Kingdom shocked the world by voting to leave the European Union. This short book examines why this happened, examining the historical, economic, political, social and cultural reasons that led to the Brexit vote.

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