Essays about: "UK EU membership referendum"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words UK EU membership referendum.

  1. 1. EUROSCEPTICISM UNVEILED A Comparative Analysis of Pre-Brexit and Post-Brexit Dynamics in the UK

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Hannah Lekblad Jääskeläinen; [2024-02-15]
    Keywords : Euroscepticism; Brexit; benchmarking; cultural backlash;

    Abstract : Numerous factors have been identified as to why a small majority voted in favour of Brexit in June 2016. Since then, it has been argued that the opinion on EU membership has changed amongst some of the public in the United Kingdom and if a referendum were to occur in present days, there would rather be a majority in favour of rejoining the EU. READ MORE

  3. 2. Never Mind the Brexit: Poverty in the UK : A Comparative Qualitative Content Analysis of the Conservative Party’s Poverty and Welfare Discourses, 2015 - 2019

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Robert Harrison; [2021]
    Keywords : Poverty; Welfare; Discourse; United Kingdom; European Union; Brexit.;

    Abstract : In a 2018 United Nations (UN) report on extreme poverty and human rights in the United Kingdom, the British government was condemned for their implementation of austerity measures. The Conservative Party, who had instigated and overseen the austerity measures, were accused of dismantling the welfare state and forcing millions of people into poverty. READ MORE

  4. 3. History as an argument for the future : A study of Nick Clegg’s and Nigel Farage’s use of history during the United Kingdom’s 2016 EU referendum

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

    Author : Joel Bertilsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Nigel Farage; Nick Clegg; Euroscepticism; UK; Brexit; use of history; European Studies; political discourse; historical consciousness; Thematic Analysis; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis is concerned with history within Nick Clegg’s and Nigel Farage’s political discourse during the six months leading up to the 2016 referendum on the United Kingdom’s membership in the European Union. Using Thematic Analysis combined with Klas-Göran Karlsson’s typology of the use of history, Jörn Rüsen’s typology of historical narrative and drawing on the theoretical framework of historical consciousness, this research paper aims to provide a further understanding of history’s role in political discourse as a legitimisation of arguments for specific expectations of the future. READ MORE

  5. 4. DEMOCRACY DISRUPTED - FOR WHOM? A Study on Political Micro-Targeting and its Potential for Revitalizing Political Articulation

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Jonas Axel Abrahamsson; [2019-06-18]
    Keywords : The Information Commissioner’s Office ICO ; Political Micro-Targeting PMT ; Data Protection Authority DPA ; UK EU membership referendum; political articulation; political theory; Ernesto Laclau; Laclauian theory; institutional totality; equivalential chain; empty signifier;

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  6. 5. It’s Not EU, It’s Me! : An Event Study of Brexit on Financial Markets

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

    Author : Greta Olsson Lööf; Aleksandra Vojcic; [2019]
    Keywords : Brexit; Correlation; DCC GARCH; EU; Time Series; Volatility.; DCC GARCH; EU; Korrelation; Tidsserier; Volatilitet.;

    Abstract : This paper investigates the impact of the European Union membership referendum in the UK on the correlations and volatility between three different broad stock market indices, utilizing an econometric time series model called DCC GARCH. Findings support the claim of higher volatility peaks on the stock market as an immediate response to the event. READ MORE