Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Contested Britain is a distinctive analysis of how the politics of the UK and the lives of British citizens have been reframed in the first decades of the twenty-first century. Bringing together researchers in the social sciences from the UK and Europe, this book goes beyond traditional approaches to provide a truly interdisciplinary account of Britain today. Its central focus is on the relationship between austerity, Brexit, and the rise of populist politics. The book seeks to explore and understand the Brexit vote, not only in its own right but also as an expression of wider political shifts in the UK, in particular around the experience of and responses to austerity. In doing this it shows how politics in Britain has become increasingly contested with profound difference of geography, generation, gender, race and class, as well as the emergence of a range of practices, institutions, and politics that challenge the hegemony of austerity.
Synopsis
A distinctive and original analysis of how the politics of the UK and the lives of British citizens have evolved in the first decades of the twenty-first century, this book provides an interdisciplinary critical examination of the roots, ideology and consequences of austerity politics, the Brexit vote and the rise of populist politics in Britain. Bringing together case studies and perspectives from an array of international researchers across the social sciences, it dissects the ways that the UK has become increasingly contested with profound differences of geography, generation, gender, 'race' and class, and considers agency as a key concept to understand the links between austerity and Brexit.