02493nam a2200433Ii 4500 9781787146785 UtOrBLW 20251029120752.0 m o d cr un||||||||| 171218s2017 enk ob 001 0 eng d 9781787146785 (e-book) 9781787430068 ePUB UtOrBLW eng rda UtOrBLW JN238 .T39 2017 POL058000 bisacsh JP bicssc 327 Taylor, Graham, author. 61036 Understanding Brexit : why Britain voted to leave the European Union / Graham Taylor. Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2017. �2017 1 online resource (x, 146 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier SocietyNow Includes index. Includes bibliographical references. On 23rd June 2016 the United Kingdom shocked the world by voting to leave the European Union. In this clear and concise book, Graham Taylor argues that the result is the most visible tip of an iceberg of social change that has been decades in the making. Hidden from view are a matrix of economic, socio-cultural and political dynamics that have wrought fundamental changes to the British state and society and the relationship between the UK and the rest of the world. These dynamics include the development of an increasingly financialized economy, de-industrialization and an increasing polarization of power and wealth, the resurgence of nationalism and sub-nationalisms and the realignment of electoral politics and emergence of political populism. This book highlights the historical and multifaceted nature of Brexit and its significance for Britain's future, providing a rigorous and forensic analysis of the most dramatic event to confront contemporary British society since the Second World War. Print version record Great Britain Politics and government 2007- 60781 European Union countries Foreign relations Great Britain. 59838 Great Britain Foreign relations European Union countries. 59837 9781787146792 https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/doi/10.1108/9781787146785 51952 51952