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Contested Britain : Brexit, austerity and agency /
Brings together interdisciplinary and international case studies to provide a distinctive analysis of how politics in the UK and the lives of British citizens have evolved in the first decades of the twenty-first century, focusing on the interconnectedness of austerity politics, the Brexit vote and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bristol ; Chicago, IL :
Bristol University Press,
2020.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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