TY - CHAP
T1 - Populism and Brexit
AU - Marsh, David
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020.
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - This chapter explores the relationship between populism and the 2016 Brexit vote that resulted in the UK’s projected withdrawal from the European Union. It argues that the Brexit vote was the expression of an intense ‘anti-politics’ sentiment among significant parts of the UK electorate that itself reflects a rejection of the centralising tendencies of successive British governments. It also emphasises that the irony of the Brexit decision is that, in response, the current UK government has sought to re-centralise power, rather than de-centralising it, as many Brexit supporters would have preferred, so, in all probability, further alienating citizens and threatening UK democracy.
AB - This chapter explores the relationship between populism and the 2016 Brexit vote that resulted in the UK’s projected withdrawal from the European Union. It argues that the Brexit vote was the expression of an intense ‘anti-politics’ sentiment among significant parts of the UK electorate that itself reflects a rejection of the centralising tendencies of successive British governments. It also emphasises that the irony of the Brexit decision is that, in response, the current UK government has sought to re-centralise power, rather than de-centralising it, as many Brexit supporters would have preferred, so, in all probability, further alienating citizens and threatening UK democracy.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85128184529&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-17997-7_5
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-17997-7_5
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85128184529
SN - 9783030179960
T3 - Authoritarian Populism and Liberal Democracy
SP - 73
EP - 86
BT - Authoritarian Populism and Liberal Democracy
A2 - Crewe, Ivor
A2 - Sanders, David
PB - Springer
ER -