1st Edition
The Brexit Effect What Leaving the EU Means for British Politics
Introduction
1. The Westminster model and the UK political system before Brexit
2. Understanding the Brexit effect
3. Westminster preserved: Elections, party system, and the absorption of the Brexit shock
4. Westminster challenged: The constrained dominance of the executive
5. Westminster reasserted: A unitary but disunited state
6. Understanding the Brexit strains during the Covid crisis
7. Conclusions: British politics after Brexit
Biography
Gianfranco Baldini is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Bologna, Italy, and Research Associate at the Centre for Britain and Europe, University of Surrey, UK.
Edoardo Bressanelli is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa, Italy, and Senior Visiting Research Fellow at King’s College London, UK.
Emanuele Massetti is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Trento, Italy, and Associated Fellow at the Centre on Constitutional Change, University of Edinburgh, UK.
"After a period of intense fluidity and flux, The Brexit Effect provides a sophisticated account of exactly how the landscape of British politics has changed."
Matthew Flinders, University of Sheffield and Vice President of the Political Studies Association, UK
"This is an excellent analysis of the ways in which Brexit has had an impact on the British political system, taking into account the peculiarities of British political culture. It is essential reading for scholars and students interested in British politics and the consequences of Brexit."
Sofia Vasilopoulou, King's College London, UK
