Brexit :Sociological Responses ( 1 )

Publication subTitle :Sociological Responses

Publication series :1

Author: Outhwaite   William  

Publisher: Anthem Press‎

Publication year: 2017

E-ISBN: 9781783086467

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9781783086450

Subject: C91 Sociology;D73/77 National Politics

Keyword: 各国政治,政治、法律,社会学,宗教

Language: ENG

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Brexit traces the implications of the UK’s projected withdrawal from the EU, placing short-term political fluctuations in a broader historical and social context of the transformation of European and global society.

Chapter

Chapter One The Increasing Inevitability of That Referendum

Bibliography

Chapter Two Vox Populi: Nationalism, Globalization and the Balance of Power in the Making of Brexit

The Divide

Nationalism

Globalization

The Balance of Social Power

Vox Populi

Conclusion

References

Chapter Three Exit From the Perspective of Entry

Convergence or Divergence?

Neo-liberalism and ‘Race’

Post-Imperial Political Economy

Back to the Future?

Notes

Bibliography

Chapter Four Brexit, Sovereignty and the End of an Ever Closer Union

How Did We Get Here?

Sovereignty Obsolete?

Borderless Europe and Its Discontents

Germany and Its Refugee Policies: Exceptional or Exceptionally Universal?

Sovereignty Shared, Sovereignty Divisive: Whose Debt Is Sovereign?

Concluding Remarks: EU’s Sovereignty Paradox

Notes

Bibliography

Section 2 The Politics of Brexit

Chapter (5-9)

Chapter Five Populism, Nationalism and Brexit

There Will Always Be an England

Cosmopolitanism and Nationalism

The Great Wen

The Damage Done

The Future of Europe? And the World?

Notes

Chapter Six A Tale of Two Constitutions: Whose Legitimacy? Whose Crisis?

An Illness with a Cure

The Cure or the Illness?

The Dialectic of Transnational Democracy

Notes

Chapter Seven Locating Brexit in The Pragmatics of Race, Citizenship and Empire

Race and Class in the Brexit Debates

Conceptualizations of Citizenship

British Citizenship from Empire to Commonwealth

Multicultural British Citizens and Citizenship

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Chapter Eight Globalization, Nationalism and the Changing Axes of Political Identity

A Brief History of Political Identity

The Social Supports of Multiculturalism

Long-Term Implications

Notes

Chapter Nine A Divided Nation in a Divided Europe: Emerging Cleavages and The Crisis of European Integration

Introduction

Explaining Brexit: Divided Societies

Emerging Cleavages

European Integration and Contradictions between Capitalism and Democracy

Conclusion

Notes

References

Section 3 Prospects For/After Brexit

Chapter (10-14)

Chapter Ten The EU and Brexit: Processes, Perspectives and Prospects

Processes

United Kingdom

European Union–United Kingdom

European Union

Perspectives

Ideas

Interests

Institutions

International

Individuals

Prospects

Notes

Chapter Eleven The Impossibility of Disentangling Integration

Introduction

Step One: The Context

Family Resemblances

Step Two: Fundamental Norm Contestations

Step Three: Conclusions – Back to What and Where to Next?

Notes

References

Chapter Twelve No Exit from Brexit?

Introduction

I. What Is Brexit?

II. Historical Context

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III. Sociological Implications

IV. Legitimacy

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V. Prospects

Scenario 1: ‘Straight Hard Brexit’

Scenario 2: ‘Straight Soft Brexit’

Scenario 3: ‘Relegitimized Hard Brexit’

Scenario 4: ‘Relegitimized Soft Brexit’

Scenario 5: ‘Autocratic No Brexit’

Scenario 6: ‘Legitimized No Brexit’

Scenario 5: ‘Autocratic No Brexit’

Scenario 1: ‘Straight Hard Brexit’

Scenario 3: ‘Relegitimized Hard Brexit’

Scenario 2: ‘Straight Soft Brexit’

Scenario 4: ‘Relegitimized Soft Brexit’

Scenario 6: ‘Legitimized No Brexit’

Wishful Thinking?

Conclusion

Notes

References

Chapter Thirteen Critical Theory, Brexit and The Vicissitudes of Political Economy in The Twenty-First Century

Introduction

The Sociological Significance of Brexit

Toward a Sociological Perspective on Brexit: Political Economy in the Twenty-First Century

Critical Theory and the Significance of Brexit for Sociology

Brexit: Taking Sociology to Task

Notes

References

Chapter Fourteen European Union Versus European Society: Sociologists on ‘Brexit’ and The ‘Failure’ of Europeanization

Notes

End Matter

Notes on Contributors

Index

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