Brexit: Sociological Responses (Key Issues in Modern Sociology) - Softcover

Outhwaite, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1783086459 ISBN 13: 9781783086450

Publisher: Anthem Press, 2017

Synopsis

Brexit traces the implications of the UK’s projected withdrawal from the EU, placing short-term political fluctuations in a broader historical and social context of the transformation of European and global society.

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Review:

‘Although most of them were in favour of UK remaining in the EU, the social scientists invited by William Outhwaite to contribute to this book do not settle accounts with Brexiters. On the contrary, they offer a wide range of very persuasive explanations of the choice to Leave, explanations that are not ex post but based on significant previous research. They show that many of the difficulties and frustrations that resulted in Brexit have long been analysed and published.’
―Sophie Duchesne, Research Director, National Centre for Scientific Recherché and Sciences Po Bordeaux, France 

‘As Brexit was seen as unlikely to happen, it is also difficult to analyse and understand. In this book, sociologists accept the challenge to deal with the improbable rather than the predictable, with the sudden event rather than the ongoing trend. It demonstrates sociologists' engagement with key issues of our time.’
―Peter Wagner, Professor, Social and Behavioural Sciences, Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies and University of Barcelona, Spain 

‘Only a stellar group of scholars can help us shed light on post-Brexit Europe. This volume features the pioneers of the sociology of the European Union who give us tools to understand the fragile social basis of the European project and the transnational dynamics set into motion over sixty years ago by the postwar integration process.’
―Virginie Guiraudon, Research Professor, Sciences Po Center for European Studies, France 

Book Description:

A study of the implications of the UK’s projected withdrawal from the EU

About this edition

• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1783086459
• ISBN 13: 9781783086450
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224