This book addresses the social, political and economic turbulence in which the UK is embroiled. Drawing on Cultural Studies, it explores proliferating crises and conflicts, from the multiplying varieties of social dissent through the stagnation of rentier capitalism to the looming climate catastrophe. Examining arguments about Brexit, class and 'race', and the changing character of the state, the book is underpinned by a transnational and relational conception of the UK. It traces the entangled dynamics of time and space that have shaped the current conjuncture. Questioning whether increasingly anti-democratic and authoritarian strategies can provide a resolution to these troubles, it explores how the accumulating crises and conflicts have produced a deepening 'crisis of authority' that forms the terrain of the Battle for Britain.

About the Author
John Clarke is Professor Emeritus at The Open University and a Leverhulme Emeritus Fellow. His research and writing have explored the contemporary transformations of nation, state and welfare.


Book Information
ISBN 9781529227680
Author John Clarke
Format Paperback
Page Count 252
Imprint Bristol University Press
Publisher Bristol University Press