Politics and Economics of Brexit

Edited by Annette Bongardt, Senior Associate Researcher, CICP, Universidade De Évora, Portugal, Leila Simona Talani, Chair in International Political Economy, European and International Studies Department, King’s College London, UK and Francisco Torres, Professor of European Political Economy, Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal

'Brexit has many dimensions: political, social, economic, financial and legal. That's what makes the exit of Britain from the EU so difficult to organize. And because it is so difficult, it will continue to make it exciting to study. This timely book disentangles all the different dimensions of Brexit and lays them bare for everybody to see. A must read.'--Paul De Grauwe, London School of Economics, UK'This is a timely and comprehensive book that furthers our understanding of the causes and consequences of Brexit not only for the UK but also for the EU and the rest of the world. The authors succeed in addressing the debates over Brexit from an historical, political, economic and legal point of view. Their comprehensive and insightful analyses of the underlying and proximate causes of Brexit represents an important contribution to the academic literature that is also accessible to the general public.'--Alan Cafruny, Hamilton College, US

• Contents:Chapter 1: Introduction – the politics and economics of Brexit Annette Bongardt, Leila Simona Talani and Francisco TorresPART 1: THE POLITICS OF BREXITChapter 2: Brexit as a question of political rationality: hard choices for the UK, lessons for EU sustainabilityAnnette Bongardt and Francisco TorresChapter 3: The road to Brexit: European integration, the UK and the failure of the “malign neglect” strategy toward the EURoberto di QuiricoChapter 4: Brexit, sovereignty and devolution: the view of constitutional lawStefania Baroncelli and Monica Rosini Chapter 5: Globally alone, the UK foreign policy after BrexitEmidio Diodato and Serena Giusti PART 2: THE ECONOMICS OF BREXITChapter 6: Social capital, heterogeneous ethnicity and Brexit Pompeo Della Posta and Scheherazade RehmanChapter 7: UK dithering over Brexit: on the European single market and its regulatory model Annette BongardtChapter 8: Brexit and the future of the City of London: Between deregulation and innovation Leila Simona Talani Chapter 9: Brexit adds to Europe’s need for economic rebalancing and technological impetusRemi BourgeotChapter 10: Brexit: What have we learnt?Annette Bongardt, Leila Simona Talani and Francisco TorresIndex