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Englishness : The Political Force Transforming Britain

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A major new analysis of Englishness as a political force Unique survey data showing that English euroscepticism is strongly linked to a sense of grievance about England's place within the United Kingdom and a strong feeling that the state is no longer 'theirs' Makes a number of new and compelling arguments about Britishness, including the extent to which Britishness means very different things in different parts of the Britain and that British identity aligns with different - in some cases opposite - political attitudes across England, Scotland, and Wales

Author(s): Ailsa Henderson, Richard Wyn Jones
Edition: 1
Publisher: Oxford University Press USA - OSO
Year: 2021

Language: English
Pages: 241

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Englishness: The Political Force Transforming Britain
Copyright
Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Introduction: Englishness and the New British Politics
1: England Speaks: The 2015 UK General Election and the 2016 EU Referendum
England and the 2015 UK General Election
Britain and the 2016 Referendum
Conclusion
2: On Englishness and Britishness
Englishness and Britishness in England
Who Are the English?
What does it Mean to be English and/or British?
Conclusion
3: The English on England and the United Kingdom
Devo-Anxiety and English Recognition
Unionism at the Heart of the Union
Conclusion
4: The English on Britain in the World
English Euroscepticism
England’s World: The Imperial Legacy in Contemporary Politics
Conclusion
5: The English World View
Englishness as Others See it
The Meaning of Englishness
England’s Two Unions: National Identity and Constitutional Attitudes
The English World View
Efficacy and the English World View
Conclusion
6: England, Scotland, and Wales Compared
National Identities
Two Unions in Scotland and Wales?
The Diversity of Britishness
The Union of Ignorance?
Conclusion
7: Accommodating England
England and the Political Parties
But what of England?
Proposals for England
Regionalizing England
Recognizing England
Conclusion: The Limits of Accommodation
8: Analysing England
On English Nationalism
Taking Englishness Seriously
Uncovering England and Englishness
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index