Unionisms in the UK’s Brexit crisis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6074920 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paul Gillespie (0000-0002-7690-495X, University College Dublin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 509-530 |
| Publication date | 2020-07-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Irish Political Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0790-7184 • E-ISSN: 1743-9078 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07907184.2020.1816394 |
| OpenAlex | W3094191669 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 17 |
This article examines how UK, English, Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish unionisms and unionists are responding to the Brexit crisis in the state. The United Kingdom faces a dual territorial sovereignty crisis, externally through Brexit in its relations with the European Union, and internally concerning the shape and survival of its own political union. Four constitutional trajectories are plausible: a breakup of the UK, a renegotiated UK, a differentiated UK, and a federal UK. Together with a related crisis in its central political institutions, this is a constitutional moment for the UK. After surveying how unionists perceive and frame these challenges to their unionisms, the article concludes with an assessment of how effective their responses are
Brexit · Constitutional crisis · Economics · European integration · European union · International trade · Irish · Member state · Member states · Parliamentary sovereignty · Political economy · Political science · Political union · Politics · Referendum · Sociology · Sovereignty · Welsh · History · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Political Systems and Governance · Scottish History and National Identity
Political Analysis
How Brexit was made in England
Towards Popular Sovereignty
Why Britain Needs a Written Constitution—and Can't Wait for Parliament to Write One
Brexit and the Nations
The American Journal of Comparative Law 1952-1966
Brexit
The DUP and the European Union
Beyond Brexit
How the EU27 Came to Be
Public attitudes to different possible models of a United Ireland
The Complexity of British–Irish Interdependence
Unionisms and the challenges of change
The Study of Critical Junctures
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |