Brexitland: Identity, Diversity and the Reshaping of British Politics

ISBN-13: 9781108473576 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 408 str.

Robert (University of Manchester) Ford

Opis

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

Recenzje

'A sweeping and rigorous demographic and attitudinal study of recent British history.' William Davies, London Review of Books

Spis treści

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.