Brexit Britain

Paul Whiteley's research interests include electoral behaviour, public opinion, political parties, political economy, and methodology in the social sciences.  He is a Fellow of the British Academy and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.  He is the author or co-author of some twenty books and more than 100 articles in academic journals and a frequent blogger on British and comparative politics. Harold D. Clarke was Ashbel Smith Professor in the School of Economic, Political, and Policy Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas. His significant contributions to knowledge about people's political support and their valence (performance)-based evaluations informing electoral choice, and about research methodology applications were enabled by multiple research awards as well as numerous research publications. These include the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (Canada), the  Economic and Social Research Council (UK), and the National Science Foundation (US), as well as Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, and other major publishers and professional journals. Matthew Goodwin is the author of several books including Revolt on the Right, which won the 2014 Political Book of the Year award, and National Populism, which was a Financial Times book of the year, and a Sunday Times Bestseller. He also won the PSA Richard Rose Prize and has a strong following on social media @GoodwinMJ. Marianne C. Stewart is Professor in the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas. Her research contributions to knowledge about people's political attitudes and their political participation have been facilitated by multiple research awards and professional publications. These include the Economic and Social Research Council (UK) and the National Science Foundation (US), the university presses of Cambridge and Oxford, and the American Journal of Political Science, the American Political Science Review, and the British Journal of Political Science.

Part I. The Short Term: 1. Welcome to Brexit Britain; 2. Getting Brexit done; 3. Political paralysis – The 2017 general election; 4. The collapsing party system – The 2019 European elections; 5. The Johnson break through – The 2019 general election; Part II. The Long Term: 6. Time and the fragmenting party system; 7. Space and the fragmenting party system; 8. Who is responsible? The dynamics of accountability; Part III. The Future: 9. A disaster or a damp squib? The economic effects of Brexit; 10. Brexit Britain, Covid Britain – The political fallout.