Crisis, what crisis? Conceptualizing crisis, UK pluri-constitutionalism and Brexit politics

被引:15
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作者
Wincott, Daniel [1 ]
Davies, Gregory [1 ]
Wager, Alan [2 ]
机构
[1] Cardiff Univ, Sch Law & Polit, Wales Governance Ctr, Cardiff, Wales
[2] Kings Coll London, London, England
基金
英国经济与社会研究理事会;
关键词
Brexit; crisis; UK constitution; pluri-constitutionalism; Anglo-British imaginary; devolution; STATE;
D O I
10.1080/00343404.2020.1805423
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Has Brexit triggered a constitutional crisis? Crisis is one of a family of concepts, including tipping points, catastrophic equilibrium and failure, identifying it as a decisive moment for overcoming contradictions and ambiguities. Across multiple UK levels - the whole state, constituent nations and different legal jurisdictions - even in 'normal times' the constitution has been marked by both a dominant 'Anglo-British imaginary' and territorial ambiguities. Drawn into political debate, these ambiguities became sources of basic constitutional instability during Theresa May's premiership. Although May avoided full-blown constitutional crisis, one may yet come. Equally, she did oversee basic constitutional change, not necessarily in the form of crisis.
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页码:1528 / 1537
页数:10
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