TY  - BOOK
AU  - Moran,Michael
TI  - The end of British politics?
SN  - 9783319499642 (hbk.) :
U1  - 320.9'41 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Basingstoke
PB  - Palgrave Macmillan
KW  - Politics and Government
KW  - eflch
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - History
N1  - Specialized
N2  - Though it has been particularly apparent since the outcome of both the 2014 Scottish independence and 2016 'Brexit' referendums, it stems from deep historical roots. This book traces the origins of the state to the original Act of Union of 1707 and demonstrates how different notions of British destiny - Protestant, imperial, social democratic - have held the state together at different times. The present crisis, it is argued, is due to the exhaustion of these senses of destiny. Moran shows how the United Kingdom is now held together as a militarised state prone to disastrous adventures like the invasion of Iraq, and concludes by examining some alternative futures for the state
ER  -