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Author: Adrian Williamson (Royalty Account)
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Imprint: The Boydell Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 3.80cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.774kg
ISBN: 9781783274437
ISBN 10: 1783274433
Pages: 378
Publication Date: 20 September 2019
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional and scholarly
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General/trade
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Professional & Vocational
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
The slow but steady undermining of social democracy is the key to any understanding of Brexit. The welfare state gave people a reasonable expectation of a better and more secure future. Without it, they were susceptible to distorted yearnings for a past that never was. Adrian Williamson's book is a richly illuminating account of the connection between the fall of social democracy and the rise of Brexit. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to go beyond the Westminster games and understand the deep causes of the current crisis. FINTAN O'TOOLE (Columnist at the Irish Times and author of Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain)
The slow but steady undermining of social democracy is the key to any understanding of Brexit. The welfare state gave people a reasonable expectation of a better and more secure future. Without it, they were susceptible to distorted yearnings for a past that never was. Adrian Williamson's book is a richly illuminating account of the connection between the fall of social democracy and the rise of Brexit. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to go beyond the Westminster games and understand the deep causes of the current crisis. FINTAN O'TOOLE (Columnist at the Irish Times and author of Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain)
The June 2016 referendum that led to Brexit-the UK's withdrawal from the EU-resulted in a narrow 52 percent victory for the Leave contingent, despite expectations that the Remain faction would carry the decision. According to this excellent account by Williamson, the unexpected result was a product of the decline of Britain's post-WW II social democracy . . . Highly recommended. CHOICE The slow but steady undermining of social democracy is the key to any understanding of Brexit. The welfare state gave people a reasonable expectation of a better and more secure future. Without it, they were susceptible to distorted yearnings for a past that never was. Adrian Williamson's book is a richly illuminating account of the connection between the fall of social democracy and the rise of Brexit. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to go beyond the Westminster games and understand the deep causes of the current crisis. FINTAN O'TOOLE (Columnist at the Irish Times and author of Heroic Failure: Brexit and the Politics of Pain)
