Contested BritainPub Date : 2020-03-25DOI: 10.1332/policypress/9781529205008.003.0015
D. Birrell, Paul Carmichael
{"title":"Brexit, Devolution and Northern Ireland’s Political Parties: Differential Solutions, Special Status or Special Arrangements?","authors":"D. Birrell, Paul Carmichael","doi":"10.1332/policypress/9781529205008.003.0015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781529205008.003.0015","url":null,"abstract":"Uniquely, Northern Ireland is distinctive within the UK in having power sharing arrangements between the parties. The parties within this system must confront the particular problems posed by Brexit: that Northern Ireland would be the only part of the UK with a land border with the EU, and that there are serious implications for cross border travel and trade, the large 'agri-food' industry and existing EU support for socio-economic improvement and the peace process. Underpinning the difficulties are fundamental policy cleavages between the two largest parties constituting the Northern Ireland Executive: the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), which is in favour of leave, and Sinn Fein, which is in favour of remain. This chapter explains the implications for the Brexit negotiations, and examines the consequences of this deep division in the lack of a consensus in Northern Ireland on Brexit issues, total lack of agreement on government departments or Assembly committees publishing reports and little response to the fears of civic society about the consequences of Brexit.","PeriodicalId":262792,"journal":{"name":"Contested Britain","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133334642","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Contested BritainPub Date : 2020-03-25DOI: 10.1332/policypress/9781529205008.003.0017
M. Guderjan, H. Mackay, Gesa Stedman
{"title":"Conclusion","authors":"M. Guderjan, H. Mackay, Gesa Stedman","doi":"10.1332/policypress/9781529205008.003.0017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781529205008.003.0017","url":null,"abstract":"The conclusion draws together the conclusions of previous chapters and the different dimensions of contestation in British society, politics, economics and culture. Organising the book around the themes of Brexit, austerity and agency has allowed us to make sense of the current political conjuncture. The chapter outlines three phases of Brexit – pre- and post-referendum and the ongoing negotiations with the EU – and links them to broader social processes, particularly to austerity policies and politics. The chapter summarises the material, geographical and ideological conditions and contexts constraining and enabling the agency of different types of agents and actors, including citizens, classes, migrants, business, governments and political parties. The conclusion also provides prospects and lessons on how to restore the agency of those who are affected by austerity and Brexit.","PeriodicalId":262792,"journal":{"name":"Contested Britain","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130482988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Contested BritainPub Date : 2020-03-25DOI: 10.46692/9781529205015.015
D. Birrell, Paul Carmichael
{"title":"Brexit, Devolution and Northern Ireland's Political Parties: Differential Solutions, Special Status or Special Arrangements?","authors":"D. Birrell, Paul Carmichael","doi":"10.46692/9781529205015.015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.46692/9781529205015.015","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":262792,"journal":{"name":"Contested Britain","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132526925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Contested BritainPub Date : 2020-03-25DOI: 10.1332/policypress/9781529205008.003.0005
Ingrid von Rosenberg
{"title":"Culture Matters: Cuts and Resistance","authors":"Ingrid von Rosenberg","doi":"10.1332/policypress/9781529205008.003.0005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781529205008.003.0005","url":null,"abstract":"The chapter focuses on the cuts administered since 2010 in the fields of literature, music, visual arts, film and performing arts, and their teaching to the young. Budget constraints have led to the closure of numerous essential institutions, such as theatres, libraries and youth centres, museums and art galleries. The chapter looks at significant sectors and examines the social consequences of their financial losses, starting with the relatively modest cuts for prestigious national institutions and the ‘creative industries’ and moving on to the disastrously major ones for the local councils and the Arts Council England. Forms of resistance are analysed as a means to reclaim cultural agency, ranging from grass-root activities to Labour Party opposition. In several cases volunteers and philanthropists have stepped in to keep institutions running, while individual celebrities and political groups have publicly voiced protest, sometimes with spectacular actions.","PeriodicalId":262792,"journal":{"name":"Contested Britain","volume":"94 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132827119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From Brexit to the Break-Up of … England?","authors":"Allan Cochrane","doi":"10.2307/j.ctvz938gw.17","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvz938gw.17","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":262792,"journal":{"name":"Contested Britain","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117289171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"‘Not an International Health Service’:","authors":"Kirsten Forkert","doi":"10.2307/j.ctvz938gw.15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctvz938gw.15","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":262792,"journal":{"name":"Contested Britain","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131797887","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}