
Deconstructing Brexit Discourses
Embedded Euroscepticism, Fantasy Objects and the United Kingdom's Vote to Leave the European Union
Benjamin Hawkins(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 15. September 2021
Book
Hardback
192 pages
978-1-138-29928-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book expands on and complements the burgeoning Brexit literature by placing the UK's vote to leave the EU in its longer historical and discursive contexts.
It examines the embedded Euroscepticism, which has dominated British political discourse on the European project and the role of the UK within it for at least the last three decades. Brexit was the consequence of a consistent denigration of the European integration project in the public sphere in which the terrain, and the conceptual vocabulary, of debate were set by a dominant, right-wing Eurosceptic discourse. This framed the EU as inherently heterogeneous and antagonistic to the UK. The book examines how ideas of British exceptionalism, which underpin Eurosceptic discourses, are sustained and reproduced and offers an account of their enduring, affective power amongst the British population. It is in this context that it was possible for pro-Brexit campaigners to assemble and enthuse a new coalition of voters sufficient to deliver a 'leave' majority on 23 June 2016.
This text will be of key interest to scholars and students of British, EU and European politics, the media and press, public opinion, political behaviour and nationalism studies.
It examines the embedded Euroscepticism, which has dominated British political discourse on the European project and the role of the UK within it for at least the last three decades. Brexit was the consequence of a consistent denigration of the European integration project in the public sphere in which the terrain, and the conceptual vocabulary, of debate were set by a dominant, right-wing Eurosceptic discourse. This framed the EU as inherently heterogeneous and antagonistic to the UK. The book examines how ideas of British exceptionalism, which underpin Eurosceptic discourses, are sustained and reproduced and offers an account of their enduring, affective power amongst the British population. It is in this context that it was possible for pro-Brexit campaigners to assemble and enthuse a new coalition of voters sufficient to deliver a 'leave' majority on 23 June 2016.
This text will be of key interest to scholars and students of British, EU and European politics, the media and press, public opinion, political behaviour and nationalism studies.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
4 s/w Tabellen
4 Tables, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
485 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-29928-3 (9781138299283)
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Deconstructing Brexit Discourses
Embedded Euroscepticism, Fantasy Objects and the United Kingdom's Vote to Leave the European Union
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Deconstructing Brexit Discourses
Embedded Euroscepticism, Fantasy Objects and the United Kingdom's Vote to Leave the European Union
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Benjamin Hawkins
Deconstructing Brexit Discourses
Embedded Euroscepticism, Fantasy Objects and the United Kingdom's Vote to Leave the European Union
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09/2021
1st Edition
Routledge
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Benjamin Hawkins is a Senior Research Associate at the MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, UK.
Content
1. Introduction 2. The Research Context 3. Discourse Theory, Subjectivity and National Identity 4. Deploying Discourse Theory 5. Embedded Euroscepticism 6. Social Logics of the Vote Leave Discourse 7. Political Logics of the Vote Leave Discourse 8. Fantasmatic Logics of the Vote Leave Discourse 9. Nigel Farage and Leave.EU 10. Conclusions