A distinctive analysis of how the politics of the UK and the lives of British citizens have evolved in the first decades of the twenty-first century, this international book provides an interdisciplinary critical examination of the roots, motivations and interconnectedness of austerity politics, the Brexit vote and the rise of populist politics in the Britain that brings together case studies and perspectives from researchers across the social sciences.

Contributions by: Paul Carmichael, Derek Birrell, Klaus Stolz, Hugh Mackay, Allan Cochrane, Magdalena Nowicka, Kirsten Forkert, John Clarke, Marius Guderjan, Carlo Morelli, Steven Truxal, Ingrid Von Rosenberg, Maria Grasso, Thomas Montgomery, Lisa McKenzie, Simon Griffiths