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Green, Stephen

 
9781910376713: Brexit and the British: Who Are We Now?
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ISBN 10 : 191037671X ISBN 13 : 9781910376713
Editeur : Haus Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

Whatever the eventual outcome of the Brexit negotiations, the critical questions remain: what does the Referendum vote tell us about the sort of society we are? Why was the result a shock to so many? Did we not understand how divided we were? Old against young, provincial against metropolitan, Scotland and London against much of the rest of England and Wales. Instead we must look at how our failure over decades to invest properly in the country's societal future and the life chances of the young shaped the vote this summer. Economic growth allowed Britain to live beyond its means. The gap in the skills base was concealed by immigration. The shortsightedness and dishonesty of our political class can obscure the issue; criticising the policies and practices of the establishment - important though that is - allows us to ignore the uncomfortable truths about ourselves. In Brexit and the British Stephen Green argues that it is time to acknowledge that underlying all the sound and fury of the Brexit debate was a question - whether or not fully recognised - about our identity. Are we British different, special and capable of finding our own way in the world? Who are we, who call ourselves British? Is it too easy for Remain voters to blame Brexit on post-industrial decline in the Labour heartlands, scare-mongering and deluded Little Englanders? Or is our identity more complex, deep-rooted - and perhaps, in some sense, troubling - than those of other European nations?

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À propos de l'auteur

Stephen Green campaigned for a Remain vote on 23 June. Between 2011-13 he was Minister for Trade and Investment. He now chairs the Natural History Museum, is an ordained priest in the Church of England and sits as a Conservative peer in the House of Lords. His previous books include Reluctant Meister: Germany and the New Europe and The European Identity.

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Éditeur
Haus Publishing
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
191037671X
ISBN 13 
9781910376713
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
66
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