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Understanding Brexit : a concise introduction / Tim Oliver.

By: Oliver, Tim (Tim L.) [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Bristol : Policy Press, 2018Description: xiii, 251 pages.Content type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781447346395.Subject(s): European Union -- Great Britain | European Union -- Membership | Advice and Rights | Elections & referenda | Diplomacy | International institutions | International law | Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- European Union countries | European Union countries -- Foreign relations -- Great BritainDDC classification: 341.24220941 OLI Summary: 'Understanding Brexit' provides a concise introduction to the past, present and future of one of the most important and controversial topics in modern British politics. Written for both those familiar with the topic and those new to it, the book sets out in a clear and accessible way many of the fundamentals for understanding why Britain voted to leave the European Union and what happens next.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Understanding Brexit provides a concise introduction to the past, present, and future of one of the most important and controversial topics in modern British politics. Written for both those familiar with the topic and those new to it, the book sets out in a clear and accessible way many of the fundamentals for understanding why Brexit happened and what happens next.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

'Understanding Brexit' provides a concise introduction to the past, present and future of one of the most important and controversial topics in modern British politics. Written for both those familiar with the topic and those new to it, the book sets out in a clear and accessible way many of the fundamentals for understanding why Britain voted to leave the European Union and what happens next.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • List of figures, tables and boxes (p. viii)
  • Abbreviations (p. x)
  • About the author (p. xii)
  • Acknowledgements (p. xiii)
  • 1 Studying Brexit (p. 1)
  • Introduction (p. 1)
  • Why Brexit matters (p. 3)
  • How to study Brexit (p. 5)
  • Key questions (p. 11)
  • Books on Brexit (p. 12)
  • 2 The history of UK-EU relations (p. 15)
  • Introduction (p. 15)
  • Why the EU was founded (p. 15)
  • What the EU does (p. 20)
  • Why the UK joined and joined late (p. 29)
  • The two-faced European (p. 37)
  • An awkward partner (p. 38)
  • A quiet European (p. 44)
  • Conclusion (p. 48)
  • Further readings (p. 49)
  • 3 The renegotiation and referendum campaign (p. 51)
  • Introduction (p. 51)
  • Why David Cameron committed to a referendum (p. 52)
  • The UK-EU renegotiation (p. 58)
  • The referendum campaign (p. 63)
  • Further readings (p. 70)
  • 4 The referendum result (p. 73)
  • Introduction (p. 73)
  • How Britain voted (p. 73)
  • Why Britain voted Leave (p. 85)
  • What happened next (p. 95)
  • Further readings (p. 97)
  • 5 Britain after the referendum (p. 99)
  • Introduction (p. 99)
  • The Brexit narrative (p. 100)
  • HM Government and Brexit (p. 103)
  • Parliament, the judiciary and Brexit (p. 108)
  • Party politics and Brexit (p. 113)
  • The Union and Brexit (p. 116)
  • British society and Brexit (p. 121)
  • The British economy and Brexit (p. 125)
  • Further readings (p. 131)
  • 6 Europe and Brexit (p. 133)
  • Introduction (p. 133)
  • Phase 1: exit negotiations (p. 134)
  • Phase 2: Brexit transition (p. 148)
  • Phase 3: a new relationship (p. 151)
  • Views from the remaining EU (p. 161)
  • Adjusting the EU (p. 167)
  • The EU in Europe (p. 171)
  • EU daily business (p. 172)
  • Conclusion (p. 173)
  • Further readings (p. 174)
  • 7 Brexit, Britain, Europe and the world (p. 177)
  • Introduction (p. 177)
  • Britain in a multipolar world (p. 178)
  • UK-EU cooperation in the world (p. 187)
  • The EU in a multipolar world (p. 194)
  • Further readings (p. 199)
  • Conclusion (p. 201)
  • Causes (p. 201)
  • Consequences (p. 205)
  • Meaning (p. 209)
  • The Brexicon glossary (p. 215)
  • Timelines of UK-EU relations and Brexit (p. 221)
  • Bibliography (p. 227)
  • Index (p. 241)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Tim Oliver is a Senior Lecturer at Loughborough University London, a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence and an Associate of LSE IDEAS, the foreign policy think tank of the London School of Economics and Political Science. He has lectured widely on Brexit, taught at LSE, UCL and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and worked at research institutions in London, Berlin and Washington D.C., as well as in the British House of Lords and the European Parliament.