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    Requiem for a shared interdependent past: Brexit and the deterioration in UK-Irish relations


    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

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    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.

    Item Type: Article
    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
    Date Deposited: 09 Mar 2021 17:22
    Journal or Publication Title: Capital and Class
    Publisher: Sage
    Refereed: Yes
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    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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