Overview
Addresses the challenging but very timely question of whether the ‘British system’ is drawing to a close
Analyses the impact of the EU referendum on British national and regional politics and its relationship to the history of the United Kingdom
Represents the culmination of the author's extensive research on British Politics
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
Keywords
- crisis of the British state
- Scottish independence
- Brexit
- Act of Union of 1707
- Disestablishment
- Imperialism
- British nationalism
- collapse of the Union
- history of the United Kingdom
- British social citizenship
- messianic state
- welfare state
- metropolitan state
- sovereignty
- Iraq war
- British ideology
- europeanisation
- devolution of the UK
- British Politics
- democracy
- european union politics
About this book
This book explores the crisis of the British state. Though it has been particularly apparent since the outcome of both the 2014 Scottish independence and 2016 ‘Brexit’ referendums, it stems from deep historical roots. The book traces the origins of the state to the original Act of Union of 1707 and demonstrates how different notions of British destiny - Protestant, imperial, social democratic – have held the state together at different times. The present crisis, it is argued, is due to the exhaustion of these senses of destiny. Moran shows how the United Kingdom is now held together as a militarised state prone to disastrous adventures like the invasion of Iraq, and concludes by examining some alternative futures for the state. This book will appeal to students, scholars and the general reader interested in British politics and political history.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Michael Moran is Emeritus Professor of Government at the University of Manchester and Professor of Government in the Alliance Business School, University of Manchester, UK. Among his publications are the textbook Politics and Governance in the UK and the monograph The British Regulatory State.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The End of British Politics?
Authors: Michael Moran
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49965-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-49964-2Published: 20 February 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-84286-8Published: 13 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-49965-9Published: 08 February 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 104
Topics: British Politics, Political History, Democracy, European Union Politics, European Politics