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Crisis, what crisis? Conceptualizing crisis, UK pluri-constitutionalism and Brexit politics
被引:15
|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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