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European Union -- Great Britain.
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Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 21st century.
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Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
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| Descript |
1 online resource |
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text txt |
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computer c |
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online resource cr |
| Note |
Brexit populism and the irony of agency |
| Contents |
Front Cover -- Contested Britain: Brexit, Austerity and Agenccy -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- List of Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The origins of Euroscepticism and Brexit -- Austerity politics, discourse and ideology -- 'Acting otherwise'? Agency and agents -- The EU referendum, austerity and agency -- The prospects of Brexit -- Structure of the book -- References -- Part I The Politics and Culture of Austerity: Impacts and Resistance -- 1 The Contracting State: Austerity and Public Services -- Introduction |
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Austerity in the contracting state -- Education and austerity -- Health and austerity -- Welfare under austerity -- Conclusion -- References -- 2 Breaking Britain's Working Class: the Left Out -- Introduction -- Breaking Britain's working class -- Ethnographic tales of value and resistance -- Bethnal Green -- St Ann's in Nottingham -- The working class and the EU referendum: left out not left behind -- The working class breaking the political consensus? -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 Political Activism and Agency under Austerity and Brexit -- Introduction |
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Understanding the contours of Austerity Britain -- Austerity and agency in Brexit Britain -- Findings -- Gender -- Geography -- Social class -- Attitudes to the EU -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Culture Matters: Cuts and Resistance -- Introduction -- Financial sources for cultural activities in the UK -- Combatants in the conflict about culture -- The Conservative actors, their view of the state and their agenda for cultural policy -- Excursus: the 'creative industries' -- The agents of resistance and their political and cultural motivations -- The attitudes and position of Labour |
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Civil agents of resistance and their motivations -- The facts: exemplary sectors hit by the cuts and counter measures -- National institutions -- Regional institutions: museums, theatres, libraries, youth clubs, schools -- Assessment and outlook -- References -- 5 Agents and Agency in the Face of Austerity and Brexit Uncertainty: the Case of Legal Aid -- Introduction -- Legal aid, its reform and a system in crisis -- Agency and the agents: lawyers and citizens -- Agency -- Lawyers -- Citizens -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II The Politics and Discourse of Brexit |
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6 The Economy of Brexit: Performance, Interests and Agency -- Introduction -- State and capital -- Agriculture, financial services and manufacturing -- Agriculture -- Financial services -- Manufacturing goods -- Agency and praxis in business -- Working-class agency in Brexit Britain -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Brexit Populism: Disenfranchisement and Agency -- Introduction -- Agency and disenfranchisement -- Economic disenfranchisement -- Political disenfranchisement -- Cultural disenfranchisement -- Agency and populism -- Populism as a 'thick' ideology -- Populism as a 'thin' ideology |
| Alt author |
Guderjan, Marius, editor.
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Mackay, Hugh, 1952- editor.
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Stedman, Gesa, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781529205015 (electronic book) |
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1529205018 (electronic book) |
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1529205026 |
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9781529205022 |
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152920500X |
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9781529205008 |
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