Brexit: An Analysis of Eurosceptic Mobilisation and the British Vote to Leave the European Union

dc.contributor.author McCrary, Kayla
dc.date.accessioned 2016-12-02T16:59:45Z
dc.date.available 2016-12-02T16:59:45Z
dc.date.issued 2016-12
dc.description.abstract In June 2016, Britain narrowly voted to leave the European Union in an in/out referendum on membership. Undoubtedly, the implications of such a vote are unprecedented. Recent mobilisations of Euroscepticism across the European Union have culminated with the first decisive move: Britain’s vote to leave the EU. In the following paper, the implications of Euroscepticism in Britain, as well as briefly discussed in Europe, will be placed contextually in an analysis of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union. The analysis does not intend to argue for or against Brexit, nor does it intend to be a comprehensive and fully-detailed account. In regard to the timing of the vote, many aspects of this paper are transforming and changing as events unfold. As a result, this paper intends to rely heavily on historical implications of Euroscepticism as well as a recent literature on the theories of Eurosceptic voting, demographics, and the history of the relationship between the UK and the EU. The conclusions of the paper wrap up the overall analysis of Euroscepticism, arriving at the conclusion that populist and anti-globalist sentiments driven by political parties such as United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) mobilised Euroscepticism, allowing for a philosophy to transform into effective policy change. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/handle/mtsu/5092
dc.publisher University Honors College, Middle Tennessee State University en_US
dc.subject EU en_US
dc.subject Euroscepticism en_US
dc.subject European Union en_US
dc.subject Brexit en_US
dc.subject Brittain en_US
dc.subject UKIP en_US
dc.subject globalisation en_US
dc.subject EU referendum en_US
dc.subject Eurosceptic en_US
dc.title Brexit: An Analysis of Eurosceptic Mobilisation and the British Vote to Leave the European Union en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US
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