Britain and Europe at a Crossroads : : The Politics of Anxiety and Transformation / / Andrew Ryder.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Bristol UP/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
• VerfasserIn: Ryder, Andrew,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol : : Bristol University Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (246 p.)

This book dissects the complex social, cultural and political factors which led the UK to take its decision to leave the EU and examines the far-reaching consequences of that decision. Developing the conceptual framework of securitization, Ryder innovatively uses primary sources and a focus on rhetoric to examine the ways that political elites engineered a politics of fear, insecurity and Brexit nationalism before and after the Brexit vote. He situates Brexit within a wider shift in international political ideas, traces the resurgence in popularity of far-right politics and explores how Britain and Europe now face a choice between further neoliberal reform or radical democratic and social renewal.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Note on the Author -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction: Paradigm Shift, Reflexivity and Securitization -- Brexit Nationalism: History, Crisis and Identity -- The Road to Brexit -- Politics in Focus: The Conservatives -- Politics in Focus: Labour -- The Nationalists: Exclusionary and Civic -- Brexit: Views from Europe -- Boris Johnson: Getting Brexit Done? -- Antidotes to Brexit -- Bibliography -- Index