From Cool Britannia to Brexit by Pauline Schnapper, Thibaud H... - 9781032698632

From Cool Britannia to BrexitA History of Britain since 1997\nAuthor(s): Pauline Schnapper, Thibaud Harrois\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032698632, 978-1032698632\nSynopsis\nThe 2016 referendum on Brexit represents a watershed moment in the United Kingdoms contemporary history, reflecting new divides and questioning many of the premises on which the countrys identity and position in the world had been based for almost half a century.\n\nFrom Cool Britannia to Brexit discusses and analyses the last three decades of British political history, looking at why Britain found itself shut out from its immediate neighbours on the continent in 2016, twenty years after the country was celebrated as a prosperous, optimistic and culturally influential 'Cool Britannia'. This book ultimately shows the limits of the Westminster model of government and the enduring inequalities that affect Britain, but also insists on the res.