The fiasco of the 2013 Syria votes
Decline and denial in British foreign policy
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 6289989 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Jamie Gaskarth (0000-0002-1838-0246, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2016 |
| Volumen | 23 |
| Número | 5 |
| Páginas | 718-734 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2016-05-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Journal of European Public Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 1350-1763 • E-ISSN: 1466-4429 |
| Editorial | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13501763.2015.1127279 |
| OpenAlex | W2274021665 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 17 |
| Referencias citadas | 15 |
On 29 August 2013, the British parliament voted against two motions to censure the Syrian government which were expected to lead to military action. The result was a shock to external commentators and quickly interpreted as a fiasco. This article charts the construction of the severity and agency involved in this fiasco and notes the extremely personal nature of efforts to attribute blame for the outcome. It argues that this process enabled policy-makers to ignore underlying trends impacting on foreign policy, including the breakdown of bipartisanship, increasing public scepticism about government use of intelligence and the utility of force, severe reductions in Britain's capacity to act, as well as a deeper identity crisis about what kind of actor Britain should be in the world. Constructing this event as a fiasco can be seen as a form of denial of Britain's loss of agency in global affairs.KEY WORDS: BritainCameronfiascoforeign policyinterventionSyria Additional informationNotes on contributorsJamie GaskarthBiographical note: Dr Jamie Gaskarth is Senior Lecturer in International Relations and Politics at the University of Birmingham, UK
Agency (philosophy · Blame · Denial · Foreign policy · Government (linguistics · Parliament · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Skepticism · Social science · Sociology · Cyprus History, Politics, Society · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Psychology · Public Administration · Social Psychology
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| Citas por año | 1,7 |
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