Автор: Michael Moran Название: The End of British Politics? Издательство: Palgrave Macmillan Год: 2017 ISBN: 9783319499642 / 3319499645 Язык: English Формат: pdf Размер: 19,9 mb Страниц: 104
This book explores the crisis of the British state. Though it has been particularly apparent since the outcome of both the 2014 Scottish independence and 2016 ‘Brexit’ referendums, it stems from deep historical roots. The book traces the origins of the state to the original Act of Union of 1707 and demonstrates how different notions of British destiny - Protestant, imperial, social democratic – have held the state together at different times. The present crisis, it is argued, is due to the exhaustion of these senses of destiny.
This book will appeal to students, scholars and the general reader interested in British politics and political history.
1 Introduction: Imagining and Reimagining ‘Britain’ 1
2 The State Created 7
A Providential People 7 A Messianic State 10 Providentialism Without Religion 13 The Triumph of the Metropolitan British State 19 Social Citizenship and British Identity: Providentialism Without Empire 22 Statecraft and State Mission 26 Notes 27
3 The State in Decay 29
The Decay of British Social Citizenship 30 The Decay of the Metropolitan Elite 32 The Decay of the World State 35 The Decay of the Unionist Settlement 39 Inventing and Reinventing the State 44 Notes 44
4 The State Recreated 47
Creative Statecraft and the Reinvention of Britain 47 Recasting the Post-War Settlement 48 Reshaping State–Civil Society Relations 52 Reshaping the Constitution 55 Recreating British Identity 59 Statecraft and the Recreation of the State 65 Notes 65 5 The End of the State? 69
The Millennium as a Climactic Moment 69 The Crisis of the British Economy 71 The Crisis of the British Party System 73 The Sundered Union and the Crisis of Providentialism 77 Waking from a Nightmare 85
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