O'Brennan, John
(2019)
Requiem for a shared interdependent past: Brexit and the
deterioration in UK-Irish relations.
Capital and Class, 43 (1).
pp. 157-171.
ISSN 0309-8168
Abstract
The vote by the electorate of the United Kingdom to leave the European Union in
2016 was one in which the impact of Brexit on the island of Ireland and on UKIrish
relations hardly figured. Within months, however, the ‘Irish border problem’
was centre stage. The deterioration in UK-Irish relations in the 2 years following the
referendum was profound and marked the first stage in the potential unravelling
of the deep interdependence which had come to characterise relations between
Dublin and London by virtue of their shared membership of the European Union
since 1973. A significant ‘reverse asymmetry of power’ emerged from the United
Kingdom’s relative isolation in the Brexit negotiations and Ireland’s privileged
position as an European Union insider. In an increasingly turbulent international
arena, the retreat from integration set in train by Brexit also threatened the Good
Friday Agreement and the institutions and processes put in place to manage
North–South and East–West relations after 1998.
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Article
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| Additional Information: |
Cite as: O’Brennan J. Requiem for a shared interdependent past: Brexit and the deterioration in UK-Irish relations. Capital & Class. 2019;43(1):157-171. doi:10.1177/0309816818818315 |
| Keywords: |
Anglo-Irish relations; Brexit; European Union; Good Friday Agreement; Ireland;
Northern Ireland; United Kingdom; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Sociology |
| Item ID: |
14150 |
| Identification Number: |
https://doi.org/10.1177/0309816818818315 |
| Depositing User: |
John O'Brennan
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| Date Deposited: |
09 Mar 2021 17:22 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Capital and Class |
| Publisher: |
Sage |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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