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Political Deference in a Democratic Age - British Politics and the Constitution from the Eighteenth Century to Brexit (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
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Political Deference in a Democratic Age - British Politics and the Constitution from the Eighteenth Century to Brexit (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
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This book explores the concept of deference as used by historians
and political scientists. Often confused and judged to be outdated,
it shows how deference remains central to understanding British
politics to the present day. This study aims to make sense of how
political deference has functioned in different periods and how it
has played a crucial role in legitimising British politics. It
shows how deference sustained what are essentially English
institutions, those which dominated the Union well into the second
half of the twentieth century until the post-1997 constitutional
transformations under New Labour. While many dismiss political and
institutional deference as having died out, this book argues that a
number of recent political decisions - including the vote in favour
of Brexit in June 2016 - are the result of a deferential way of
thinking that has persisted through the democratic changes of the
twentieth century. Combining close readings of theoretical texts
with analyses of specific legal changes and historical events, the
book charts the development of deference from the eighteenth
century through to the present day. Rather than offering a
comprehensive history of deference, it picks out key moments that
show the changing nature of deference, both as a concept and as a
political force.
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