Britain and Europe at a Crossroads - The Politics of Anxiety and Transformation

Developing the conceptual framework of securitisation, Ryder examines the social, cultural and political factors which influenced the UK to take its decision to leave the European Union and the aftermath of this decision.
He analyses rhetoric to make sense of the events around Brexit and examines the responses of the main political groupings to provide an analysis of possible futures for British and European politics.

About the author

Andrew Ryder is Associate Professor at the Institute of Communication and Sociology, Corvinus University of Budapest and board member of the Roma Education Fund.

Summary

Ryder develops the conceptual framework of securitisation to make sense of the events surrounding the Brexit vote and its aftermath and examines the ways that political elites engineered a politics of fear, insecurity and Brexit nationalism in the run up to the UK’s vote to leave the European Union.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Ryder, Andrew (Corvinus University of Budapest) Ryder
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9781529200515
• ISBN: 978-1-5292-0051-5
• No. of pages: 248
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 240 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 540 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education