Brexit
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Four men who will shape the way the EU negotiates Brexit
Dr Susan Milner is Reader in European Politics at the University of Bath. Dr Patricia Hogwood is Reader in European Politics at the University of Westminster, and Clément Jadot is a PhD candidate at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. Although the...
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The under 30s in the UK: A generation used to not getting what they voted for
Dr Benjamin Bowman, Teaching Fellow in Comparative Politics, Department of Politics, Languages & International Studies The EU Referendum underlined a clear disconnect between the ruling elites and the electorate, writes Benjamin Bowman. Disappointment with political choices is particularly marked among...
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The Brexit referendum and the future of the EU
Dr Nicholas Startin is Senior Lecturer in French and European Politics in the University of Bath's Department of Politics, Languages & International Studies. Earlier this year, I was invited to speak at the European Ideas Network’s (EIN) annual summer school...
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More Brexit...
I have a piece in today's Observer, expanding on the issue of the political economy of Brexit. It is in a section on the choices that confront Labour on Brexit. You can read it here: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/02/brexit-labour-divisions-way-forward Meanwhile, down under, the...
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The Political Economy of Brexit
Sociological analyses of the vote to leave the EU have largely focused on the working class revolt in England & Wales: the rage of the hollowed out netherworlds of post-industrial Britain in which respect, status and the prospect of a...
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The most influential text of late Victorian imperialism was J R Seeleys The Expansion of England
The most influential text of late Victorian imperialism was J. R. Seeley’s The Expansion of England. In it, Seeley, a Cambridge historian, argued that underneath the surface of British political history - the stories of the rise and fall of...
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EU Referendum Opinion Piece: Please don’t go! A plea to historical reason from an American
Dr Jon Frost is Assistant Professor of Finance at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Originally from Seattle, he is a fan of British rock music and met his (German) wife while studying in Bath. In one short week, British voters will take on...
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What are the social forces and economic interests that make up the bases of support for remaining in the EU or leaving it?
Today sees the publication of the IPR's referendum policy brief, a document that brings together contributions from a number of academics with the purpose of informing readers about the issues at stake in the EU referendum. Many of these issues are not new, but the...
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Britain in Europe: between self-interested cynicism and narrow-minded nationalism?
Dr Theodoros Papadopoulos, Lecturer, Department of Social & Policy Sciences As part of a module I used to teach called ‘Policy and Power’, I used video extracts from the well-known 1980s series Yes Minister to spark discussion in the class. One...