Brexit and beyond : rethinking the futures of Europe /
Brexit will have significant consequences for the country, for Europe, and for global order. And yet much discussion of Brexit in the UK has focused on the causes of the vote and on its consequences for the future of British politics. This volume examines the consequences of Brexit for the future of...
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2018.
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Table of Contents:
- Intro; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Contents; Figures and table; Abbreviations; Contributors; Introduction: Brexit and beyond; Setting the scene: Britain's decision to leave the EU; Brexit and the future(s) of Europe: five fault lines; 1. How representative is Brexit?; 2. How should we understand European integration?; 3. What is wrong with the EU?; 4. Can sovereignty and democracy function in a globalised world?; 5. What does the future of Europe look like?; The structure of the book; Part One Actors and institutions; I: Brexit and the UK
- 1 Cameron's European legacy: How Brexit demonstrates the flawed politics of simple solutions2 Brexit and the improvised constitution; The British constitution; The intoxications of mandate theory; The demands on Parliament; The rule of law; The plurality of the people; Conclusions; 3 Is the EU crap 1950s idea?: Dominic Cummings, branching histories and the case for Leave; Brexit and disaster-avoidance; What disasters should we worry about?; 4 How British was the Brexit vote?; The local story: Brexit as a British event
- The contagion story: Brexit as a boat on the global tide of populist anti-internationalismII: Europe's institutional order; 5 Brexit: Yet another crisis for the EU; Introduction; The EU's many crises; The eurozone crisis; The migration crisis; The EU governance crisis; The crisis of rising Euroscepticism; The impact of the crises on the Brexit process; The referendum outcome; The ways in which the EU is structuring itself to conduct the Brexit negotiations; The stances of the EU27 in the Brexit negotiations; Conclusions; 6 The implications of Brexit for the future of Europe; Introduction
- The UK: an influential EU Member StateThe impact of Brexit; The centrifugal trajectory; The centripetal trajectory; Conclusions; 7 Decentralised federalism: A new model for the EU; 8 Seven Brexit propositions: Towards a Union that protects; 1. Starting point: British voters have not gone mad; 2. First message: identity politics trump economic interest; 3. Second message: Brexit weakens Brussels doctrine; 4. Battlefield: national elections; 5. The answer: a new balance between freedom and protection; 6. Policies: the importance of borders; 7. The We are Europe policy
- III: The Member States9 Britain's singular other: Germany and the Brexit crisis; The road to Brexit; David Cameron and renegotiation; After the referendum; The economics of Brexit; The politics of Brexit; The clouds gather; Germany's position; Changing geopolitics; Conclusions; 10 France, Britain and Brexit; 2017: a year of disruption; Brexit and the EU in the 2017 French elections; Sixty years of French engagement with the EU: at what cost?; Towards a political Europe?; Negotiating change; Or change through disruption?; Conclusions