From Cool Britannia to Brexit: A History of Britain since 1997 [Hardcover]

This book?discusses and analyses the last three decades of British political history, looking at why Britain found itself shut out from its immediate neighbours on the continent in 2016, twenty years after the country was celebrated as a prosperous, optimistic and culturally influential Cool Britannia.

Introduction

 

Chapter 1: The constitution

 

Introduction

Political parties and constitutional reforms

Reforming Britains constitution

The Brexit referendum: a challenge to parliamentary democracy

The Covid-19 crisis and the constitution

Constitutional Monarchy at the end of the second Elizabethan era

Conclusion

 

Chapter 2: Parties, elections and voters

 

Introduction

The new party system(s)

The crisis of representation  how voting changed

Changes in parties  policies and organisation

New forms of participation

Conclusion

 

Chapter 3: The state of the union

 

Introduction

Devolution to Scotland and Wales

Northern Ireland

The 2014 Scottish independence referendum

 The Brexit effect

Consequences of the Covid pandemic

The state of England

Conclusion

 

Chapter 4: Britain and Europe: the road to Brexit

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