The Anglosphere in the Brexit Referendum
The Anglosphere was one of the surprise winners of the 2016 referendum campaign. As an explicitly stated concept it appeared early on in the campaign but soon faded from view. But where it did play a part in the campaign was less as a unitary concept but more in its constituent parts: sometimes as a...
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| Language: | English |
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Centre de Recherche et d'Etudes en Civilisation Britannique
2017-05-01
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| Series: | Revue Française de Civilisation Britannique |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/rfcb/1354 |
| Summary: | The Anglosphere was one of the surprise winners of the 2016 referendum campaign. As an explicitly stated concept it appeared early on in the campaign but soon faded from view. But where it did play a part in the campaign was less as a unitary concept but more in its constituent parts: sometimes as an example to emulate and at other times as another layer of global interference to reject. The Anglosphere assumed increased importance after the shock result as Leave leaders sought to elaborate an alternative to Europe that they seemed not to have developed deeply before 24 June. |
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| ISSN: | 0248-9015 2429-4373 |