Governing England : English identity and institutions in a changing United Kingdom

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Governing England : English identity and institutions in a changing United Kingdom
Title remainder
English identity and institutions in a changing United Kingdom
Statement of responsibility
edited by Michael Kenny, Iain McLean & Akash Paun
Title variation
English identity and institutions in a changing United Kingdom
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Language
eng
Summary
England is ruled directly from Westminster by institutions and parties that are both English and British. The non-recognition of England reflects a longstanding assumption of 'unionist statecraft' that to draw a distinction between what is English and what is British risks destabilising the union state. The book examines evidence that this conflation of England and Britain is growing harder to sustain, in light of increasing political divergence between the nations of the UK and the awakening of English national identity. These trends were reflected in the 2016 vote to leave the European Union, driven predominantly by English voters (outside London). Brexit was motivated in part by a desire to restore the primacy of the Westminster Parliament, but there are countervailing pressures for England to gain its own representative institutions, and for devolution to England's cities and regions. The book presents competing interpretations of the state of English nationhood, examining the views that little of significance has changed, that Englishness has been captured by populist nationalism, and that a more progressive, inclusive Englishness is struggling to emerge. We conclude that England's national consciousness remains fragmented due to deep cleavages in its political culture, and the absence of a reflective national conversation about England's identity and relationship with the rest of the UK and the wider world. Brexit was a (largely) English revolt, tapping into unease about England's place within two intersecting Unions (British and European), but it is easier to identify what the nation spoke against than what it voted for
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UKMGB
Dewey number
320.9/42
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
JN238
LC item number
.G69 2018
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Series statement
Proceedings of the British Academy,
Series volume
217

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