Overview
Offers a timely and accessible reflection on UK politics from 2010-2019
Examines the role of globalism, social media, income inequalities, and immigration in shaping the decade’s politics
Focuses on the impact of austerity on economic and political problems, social divisions and tensions
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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The Brave New World
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About this book
Perhaps the most extraordinary period in modern British history, the years between the Great Recession and Brexit have often been dubbed ‘the lost decade’ because of the economic and political turmoil caused by those two great events. Michael Burton outlines how the first led to the second, assisted by a rare confluence of other, often unrelated, social and political factors that delivered the shock Leave verdict in the EU referendum of 2016. These included the longstanding grievances of voters in former industrial areas feeling left behind by globalism, stagnant incomes after the recession, austerity, the rise of social media, the refugee and Eurozone crisis in Europe, the deep split in the Conservative and Labour parties over the EU and rising wealth inequalities. The author also charts the chaotic political landscape that ended in the final Brexit deal. This book is ideal for the general reader as well as for students of politics, history and economics needing a concise and well-explained account of this turbulent period in British history.
Reviews
‘In his chronicle of one of the most turbulent times in modern British politics, the author identifies the cause and effect of the seismic changes of the decade. This book is an unbiased, informed and important assessment of ten years that have changed the nation.’(-- David Godfrey, Visiting Fellow, Localis think tank (UK), and former UK ministerial adviser)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Michael Burton is a longstanding commentator on British public policy and the author of two previous Palgrave Macmillan books on politics, The Politics of Public Sector Reform from Thatcher to the Coalition (2013) and The Politics of Austerity: A Recent History (2016). He is a former editor of the weekly business title The MJ (Municipal Journal) and currently editorial director of its publishers, the Hemming Group.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: From Broke To Brexit
Book Subtitle: Britain’s Lost Decade
Authors: Michael Burton
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81889-0
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), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-81888-3Published: 01 October 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-81889-0Published: 30 September 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 255
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: European Politics, History of Britain and Ireland, Public Policy, Economic Policy