Political, process and programme failures in the Brexit fiasco
Exploring the Role of Policy Deception
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6289232 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Darrin L Baines (0000-0001-9502-4678, Bournemouth University), Darrin Baines (Bournemouth University), Sharron Brewer (Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK), Adrian Kay (0000-0002-5854-4516, Australian National University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 742-760 |
| Publication date | 2020-05-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of European Public Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1350-1763 • E-ISSN: 1466-4429 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13501763.2020.1722203 |
| OpenAlex | W3003987666 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 19 |
We propose a conceptual framework of policy deception to help identify, analyse and explain Brexit as a policy fiasco. The framework casts light on the political use of the device of an in/out European Union (EU) referendum by David Cameron. The paper develops the argument that the referendum did not offer a binary choice between two policy options for the United Kingdom's (UK) relationship with the EU representing different, but commensurable preferences, because one option was 'baseless' in that it was unfounded in any policy analysis. The label of policy deception usefully reveals that many of the political, process and programme failures at the heart of the Brexit fiasco have their roots in the referendum. We conclude that the concept of policy deception contributes usefully to emerging work on why the Brexit policy fiasco occurred, and is likely to be a fruitful topic for future work
Argument (complex analysis · Brexit · Deception · Economic policy · Economics · European union · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Referendum · Sociology · Work (physics · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Policy Transfer and Learning · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Public Administration
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,67 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |