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This book provides the first evaluation of the three Conservative administrations which have been affected, shaped and largely determined by the age of Brexit.It breaks new ground by collectively analysing the Cameron, May and Johnson administrations in an era of political and social shock and disruption, caused by the phenomenon of Brexit. As an edited collection, the project brings experts together who explain the complexities of ideas, leadership, votes, policy areas and territorial politics in an accessible and concise fashion. As a collection of essays, the project does not prosecute a single thesis, bar the fact that the phenomenon of Brexit has affected, shaped and largely determined the politics of these Conservative administrations and wider UK society. There is broad coverage of leadership, elections, public policy and territorial questions and contributors consider the continuities and discontinuities in Conservative Party ideas and political action in their respectivepolicy areas.
List of contents
1. Introduction (Matt Beech and Simon Lee).- Part 1: Ideas, Leadership and Elections.- 2. Conservative Party Ideology in the Age of Brexit (Matt Beech).- 3. Prime Ministerial Leadership in the Age of Brexit (Roderick Crawford).- 4. The General Elections: 2015, 2017, 2019 (Christopher Fear).- 5. The EU Referendum and British Politics (Jasper Miles).- 6. Parliament and the Constitution (Philip Norton).- Part 2: Continuity and Change in Public Policy.- 7. Two Steps Backwards: UK Economic Policy in the Ages of Austerity and Brexit, 2015 to 2020 (Simon Lee).- 8. Conservative Governments and Education Policy in the Age of Brexit, 2015 to 2020 (Joseph Tiplady).- 9. The Submerged Welfare State: Health and Social Care Policy in England from 2015 to 2020(Holly Jarman).- 10. Conservative Welfare Policies: Ideational Oscillation in the Age of Brexit (Daniel Pitt).- 11. Consistently inconsistent? Assessing UK Climate Action in the Age of Brexit (Jeremy F.G. Moulton).- 12. British Defence Policy and Brexit: Finding Stability During a Period of Uncertainty (Philip Mayne).- 13. Foreign Policy and International Development from Cameron to Johnson (James R. Pritchett).- Part 3: Four Nation Politics.- 14. A Much-Misgoverned Nation: England in the Age of Brexit (Simon Lee).- 15.Scotland, Conservatism and the British Union, 2015-20 (Margaret Arnott).- 16. Wales and the Conservative Government, 2015-20 (Roger Awan-Scully).- 17. Alienation and Destabilization: Northern Ireland in the Age of Brexit (Cillian McGrattan).
About the author
Matt Beech is Reader in Politics & Director of the Centre for British Politics at University of Hull, UK, and IES Senior Fellow at UC Berkeley, USA.
Simon Lee is Senior Lecturer in Politics at University of Hull, UK.
