Cover Image

After Brexit and Other Essays.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gamble, Andrew
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2021.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
European Union > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Economic conditions > 21st century.
Great Britain > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1945-
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover
  • After Brexit and Other Essays
  • Copyright information
  • Dedication
  • Table of contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Historical Contexts
  • Notes on the Essays
  • Theme 1: Britain's political economy
  • Theme 2: Europe and America
  • Theme 3: Thatcherism
  • Theme 4: The British constitution
  • 1 After Brexit1
  • Empire and decline: the peculiarities of the Anglo-liberal model
  • Models old and new
  • The trajectory of British capitalism, 1942-2016
  • 1942-1956: The relaunching of the UK model
  • 1956-1992: The crisis of the UK model
  • 1992-2016: The financial growth model
  • Europe and America
  • The 2008 financial crash and Brexit
  • 2 Explanations of British Decline1
  • Absolute and relative decline
  • Debates on decline
  • National peculiarities
  • Culture
  • Finance
  • Empire
  • State
  • Industry
  • Conclusion
  • 3 The European Disunion1
  • Scenarios
  • Deadlock
  • Business as usual
  • Core Europe
  • Reform
  • Images of Europe
  • Sovereignty
  • Governance
  • Political economy
  • Security
  • Conclusion
  • 4 The Anglo-American World View1
  • The question of world order
  • The development of Anglo-American collaboration
  • The Anglosphere, Brexit and Trump
  • 5 The Free Economy and the Strong State1
  • The role of government
  • Monetarism and inflation
  • The discipline of the market
  • Political implications
  • 6 Thatcherism and Conservative Politics1
  • Thatcherism and the politics of support
  • Thatcher and Heath
  • Thatcherism and Conservatism
  • Thatcherism and the politics of power
  • 7 Economic Growth and Political Dilemmas1
  • Hirsch's theory of capitalism
  • The post-war settlement
  • Rethinking on left and right
  • The British disease
  • Reforming capitalism
  • 8 The Crisis of Conservatism1
  • End of an era?
  • The pillars of conservative hegemony
  • Conservative electoral dominance
  • The hollowing-out of Tory England
  • The Union
  • Property
  • Empire
  • Ambivalent attitudes to Europe
  • Conclusion
  • 9 The Thatcher Myth1
  • The Thatcher myth
  • Thatcher and British foreign policy
  • Thatcher and Europe
  • Thatcher and the economy
  • Thatcher and British politics
  • 10 Theories of British Politics1
  • The British School
  • The methodology of the British School
  • Criticisms of the Westminster model
  • Politics
  • The state
  • History
  • New theories of British politics
  • Ideology and the role of ideas
  • Constitutional and party politics
  • Public policy
  • Political economy
  • Political behaviour
  • A new diversity
  • Theories of the state
  • 11 The Constitutional Revolution in the United Kingdom1
  • Historical and comparative context
  • Evaluating devolution
  • Conclusion
  • 12 What's British about British Politics?1
  • A multinational state
  • A centralised state
  • An uncodified constitution
  • A post-imperial state
  • An Anglo-liberal political economy
  • A liberal political culture
  • Epilogue: Last Thoughts
  • Absences and omissions
  • Notes
  • Index