{"product_id":"britain-in-fragments-satnam-virdee-9781526164582","title":"Britain in Fragments: Why Things Are Falling Apart","description":"\u003cp\u003eBritain today is falling apart. One of the most dominant states in world history finds itself confronted with growing demands for nationalist secessionism. Brexit has already secured its break from the European Union while looming Scottish independence promises to undermine the integrity of the British state. Meanwhile, class, gender, regional and generational inequalities are deepening while endemic racism has been re-invigorated. How has it come to this? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBritain in fragments traces how the historic pillars sustaining the democratic settlement have begun to crumble. This stability was constructed amid a century of imperial expansion abroad and working-class struggles for justice at home. The post-war welfare state was the apex of this historic arrangement; however, the ground beneath it began to shake as the processes of decolonisation and neoliberalism unfolded. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book traces how successive Labour and Conservative governments have incrementally dismantled the democratic settlement. A bipartisan commitment to neoliberalism has culminated in a historic crisis of representation and legitimacy, opening the door to competing nationalist forces.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Satnam Virdee, Brendan McGeever\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1526164582\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781526164582\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2024","brand":"Satnam Virdee","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44068470128895,"sku":"9781526164582","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4563f36f-39e6-49cf-9bb7-77dbf6f0fc8e.jpg?v=1685419186","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/britain-in-fragments-satnam-virdee-9781526164582","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}