World Island

The Maritime Idea in British Politics
1. Auflage 2027
ISBN: 978-1-5095-6204-6
Verlag: Polity Press

Buch, Englisch, 278 Seiten

For centuries, British politics has been shot through by rival conceptions of the nation as an island: as a globe-spanning state projecting its power by command of the ocean, or a territorial 'sceptred isle' set in protective coastal seas at the edge of Europe. Ideas about Britain as a sea-going nation have shaped basic Britain's economic and political institutions.

In this book, leading commentators Michael Kenny and Nick Pearce trace the historical lineages of competing visions of England as maritime nation, from their mythic roots in the Elizabethan age to debates in the contemporary era about the depletion of Britain's naval power and its foreign policy dilemmas in a world where the traditional alliances and institutions of world order are breaking down. They argue that in an age when the world's oceans have again become arenas of competition and the Anglo-American relationship is crumbling, Britain's ability to reconceive its status as 'world island' will determine its defence and security for decades to come.

World Island will be essential reading for everyone interested in British politics and foreign and defence policy in an era of geopolitical rupture.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kenny, Michael

Pearce, Nick

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Professor Michael Kenny is the author and co-author of several books on British politics and political history, including The Politics of English Nationhood, The Politics of Identity, Shadows of Empire, and (as co-editor) The Oxford Handbook of British Politics. He is Inaugural Head of the Bennett School of Public Policy, University of Cambridge.

Professor Nick Pearce is the co-author and editor of a number of books on modern British history and politics, including Britain Beyond Brexit and Shadows of Empire. He has been an adviser in several UK government departments, Head of the No. 10 Policy Unit and a think-tank director. He is currently Director of the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Bath, where he is Professor of Public Policy.