Britain and Europe at a Crossroads

The Politics of Anxiety and Transformation

• Author(s): Andrew Ryder,
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Pages: 246
• ISBN_10: 1529200539
  ISBN_13: 9781529200539
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Economic History , Political Science / International Relations / General , Political Science / Political Ideologies / Nationalism & Patriotism , Political Science / World / European , Social Science / Sociology / General ,

Description:... 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.