Understanding Brexit

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.

Sommario

Chapter One: Brexit means Brexit! Or does it? Chapter Two: Reluctant Europeans? An Economic History of European Integration in the UK Chapter Three: Two Tribes? The Winners and Losers of European Integration Chapter Four: New Political Alignments? The making of a Pro-BREXIT Electoral Coalition Chapter Five: Post-Brexit Trajectories Bibliography

Info autore

Graham Taylor is Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of West of England, UK. He has published widely on political sociology, globalization and labour studies and is the author of The New Political Sociology: Power, Ideology and Identity in An Age of Complexity.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Graham Taylor, Graham (University of the West of England Taylor
• Editore: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781787146792
• ISBN: 978-1-78714-679-2
• Pagine: 160
• Dimensioni: 129 mm x 198 mm x 9 mm
• Peso: 178 g
• Serie: Society Now; Societynow; Society Now; SocietyNow; SocietyNow Book Set (2016-2019)
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Politikwissenschaft, Nationalismus, England, Brexit, Wahlen und Volksabstimmungen, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, Internationale Institutionen, EU, Europäische Union, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Europäische Union - EU, Europa / Europäische Union, Politik / Politikwissenschaft, Politologie, International (Politik), Englische Bücher / Politik- u. Sozialwissenschaft, Wahl - Wahlrecht, England / Gesellschaft, Politik, Recht, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, England / Brexit