Brexitland - Identity, Diversity and the Reshaping of British Politics

Authoritative account of the fundamental social and demographic changes that have shaped the turbulent and polarised politics of the UK today.

List of contents

1. Introduction: how Britain became Brexitland; 2. Social change, ehnocentrism and the emergence of new identity divides; 3. Divided over diversity: identity conservatives and identity liberals; 4. Legacies of empire: Commonwealth immigration and the historical roots of identity politics divides; 5. The long divorce: parties and voters parting ways; 6. The identity conservative insurgency and the rise of UKIP; 7: Change without recovery: how the coalition catalysed Labour's demographic transformation; 8. Brexitland awakened: identity politics and the EU referendum; 9. Dancing to a different tune: identity politics and political change in Scotland 2007-19; 10. Brexitland after Brexit: the electoral fallout from the EU referendum; 11. Conclusion: the new politics of Brexitland.

About the author

Maria Sobolewska FRSA is a Professor of Political Science, and Deputy Director of the Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research, at the University of Manchester, and a Specialist Adviser to a House of Lords Select Committee on electoral registration. She is co-author of The Political Integration of Ethnic Minorities in Britain (2013).Robert Ford FRSA is Professor of Political Science at the University of Manchester. He is an expert on immigration, public opinion, and party politics in Britain. His first book, Revolt on the Right (2013), was named Political Book of the Year in 2015. He writes regularly on British electoral politics for national and international media outlets.

Summary

An authoritative and accessible account of how long-term social and demographic changes - and the conflicts they create - continue to transform British politics. A book for anyone who wants to better understand the remarkable political times in which we live.

Additional text

'A highly acute and insightful analysis, making telling use of extensive research, which induces the reader to think afresh about the political landscape we now find ourselves in and how we arrived here.' Andrew Rawnsley, The Observer

Product details

• Authors: Robert Ford, Sobolewska Robert Ford Maria Sobolewska, Maria Sobolewska, Maria (University of Manchester) Ford Sobolewska
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2020
• EAN: 9781108473576
• ISBN: 978-1-108-47357-6
• No. of pages: 408
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Globalization, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Geopolitics, Nationalism, International Relations, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Pressure groups & lobbying, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Activism & Social Justice