Géopolitique de l’austérité - Mutations de l’espace politique et renforcement des clivages au Royaume-Uni depuis la crise de 2008

The United Kingdom is confronted with a geopolitics of austerity, following the 2008 crisis and governments’ policies. Several interdependent issues, sometimes pre-existing, are then strengthened and reconfigured: emergence of a protest vote, rise of nationalisms and regionalisms, Brexit, local riva...

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Main Author: Mark Bailoni
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Language:English
Published: Université de Reims Champagne-Ardennes 2018-06-01
Series:L'Espace Politique
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/espacepolitique/4555
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description The United Kingdom is confronted with a geopolitics of austerity, following the 2008 crisis and governments’ policies. Several interdependent issues, sometimes pre-existing, are then strengthened and reconfigured: emergence of a protest vote, rise of nationalisms and regionalisms, Brexit, local rivalries or claims for decentralisation. This geopolitics of austerity reveals the fault lines of the United Kingdom, a multi-nation state, whose institutional stability and unity seems weakened. After a multiscalar analysis of the rise of protest votes since 2008, this paper examines the strategies of resistance to the austerity policy in specific territories, especially Scotland and Northern England.
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spelling doaj-art-b6c78dbf77a14a22a93b59ab5493cf7f2025-08-20T02:26:42ZengUniversité de Reims Champagne-ArdennesL'Espace Politique1958-55002018-06-013410.4000/espacepolitique.4555Géopolitique de l’austérité - Mutations de l’espace politique et renforcement des clivages au Royaume-Uni depuis la crise de 2008Mark BailoniThe United Kingdom is confronted with a geopolitics of austerity, following the 2008 crisis and governments’ policies. Several interdependent issues, sometimes pre-existing, are then strengthened and reconfigured: emergence of a protest vote, rise of nationalisms and regionalisms, Brexit, local rivalries or claims for decentralisation. This geopolitics of austerity reveals the fault lines of the United Kingdom, a multi-nation state, whose institutional stability and unity seems weakened. After a multiscalar analysis of the rise of protest votes since 2008, this paper examines the strategies of resistance to the austerity policy in specific territories, especially Scotland and Northern England.https://journals.openedition.org/espacepolitique/4555nationalismScotlandinequalitiesausterityterritorial rivalriesBrexit
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Géopolitique de l’austérité - Mutations de l’espace politique et renforcement des clivages au Royaume-Uni depuis la crise de 2008
L'Espace Politique
nationalism
Scotland
inequalities
austerity
territorial rivalries
Brexit
title Géopolitique de l’austérité - Mutations de l’espace politique et renforcement des clivages au Royaume-Uni depuis la crise de 2008
title_full Géopolitique de l’austérité - Mutations de l’espace politique et renforcement des clivages au Royaume-Uni depuis la crise de 2008
title_fullStr Géopolitique de l’austérité - Mutations de l’espace politique et renforcement des clivages au Royaume-Uni depuis la crise de 2008
title_full_unstemmed Géopolitique de l’austérité - Mutations de l’espace politique et renforcement des clivages au Royaume-Uni depuis la crise de 2008
title_short Géopolitique de l’austérité - Mutations de l’espace politique et renforcement des clivages au Royaume-Uni depuis la crise de 2008
title_sort geopolitique de l austerite mutations de l espace politique et renforcement des clivages au royaume uni depuis la crise de 2008
topic nationalism
Scotland
inequalities
austerity
territorial rivalries
Brexit
url https://journals.openedition.org/espacepolitique/4555
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