Comprehensive Annotated Bibliography: Britain's Exit from the EU

This annotated bibliography focuses on Brexit, Britain's exit from the European Union, and compiles ten sources including books, periodicals, and white papers. Each entry provides a 150-word annotation summarizing the central theme and scope of the resource, along with an evaluation of the author's authority or background. The bibliography covers various perspectives on Brexit, including its impact on British politics, the future of Europe, and international relations. Key resources include books by Geoffrey Evans and Anand Menon, Denis MacShane, and edited volumes by Benjamin Martill and Uta Staiger, as well as research articles from journals like The British Journal of Politics and International Relations and white papers from the UK government and the European Commission. The aim is to provide a comprehensive overview of the key issues and debates surrounding Brexit for academic research.

BREXIT- Annotated Bibliography
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Books:
1) BREXIT AND BRITISH POLITICS by Geoffrey Evans and Anand Menon ( 2017)
published by Polity
Brexit is instrumental to change economy and relationship of principal trading for the British
Government. This book is written by eminent analysts of British and European Union politics,
Geoffrey Evans and Anand Menon to highlight the nearness and overstatement of the
Referendum to explain the happening on 23rd June, 2016 and the reason behind that. The
argument prevails in this book emphasizes on the prolonged disappointment with the EU for
slow but sure collapse between the relationship of parties and voters with generated disinterest,
disappointment and lack of involvement. This state of mind of the voters was reflected in June
2017 General Election, which had showed the negative impact of Brexit with subsequent
disequilibrium of British politics. (Evans G, 2017)
2) BREXIT: How Britain left Europe by Denis MacShane (2016) published by I.B.Toris
The author was previous British MP of The Labor Party from 1994 to 2012 and was designated
as The Labor Minister and UK Minister of State for Europe. This book had highlighted about the
history of Brexit. On 23rd June, 2016, Referendum was floated in UK for its citizen to vote for
their consent to leave the European Union, which had resulted as the biggest bolt from the blue
to the modern political history of UK. This latest and updated edition of the author’s bestseller
history of relationship between the UK and the Europe, the revelation of entire story had been
done by the former Minister of Europe to highlight the issues behind historic EU Referendum
decision. Mr. MacShane was the only senior critic to evaluate the result of EU Referendum
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properly. His book also projects the initial context to the new landscape of politics and
economics of Brexit Britain. (MacShane, 2016)
3) Brexit and Beyond: Rethinking the Futures of Europe edited by Benjamin Martill and
Uta Staiger(2018)
This book highlights the significant impacts of Brexit for the UK, the Europe and global
stakeholders. This book also highlights the consequences of British politics, the future of Europe
and the EU along with the adoptable regional and future oriented viewpoint which were not
featured in other analyses. The contributors for this book are 28 eminent scholars from different
range of curriculum. This book provides different standpoints of the European Union depending
upon different domains like political economy, relationship between the institutions, law and
application of justice, governance of democracy, and external affairs in respect of the idea of
Europe. The contributors to this book had given different views on the issue of Brexit, but were
common in the decision that Brexit needed more scholarly analyses to understand or predict the
future ahead of both EU and UK after Brexit.(Martill & Staiger, 2017)
Periodicals
1) How Brexit was made in England by Alisa Henderson, Charlie Jeffery, Dan Wincott,
Richard Wyn Jones (2017)
This research journal was published from University of Edinburgh to highlight the implication of
the Referendum by UK to exit EU. The researchers of this article also explore the perseverance
of specific Euro-oriented views prevailed in England along with their connection to the national
identity of Britain before the proposal of that Referendum, which was followed by the data
analyses of vote choice framed for model Referendum from the Future of England Survey. The
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analyses had projected major concern about the immigrants existed in the Brexit referendum.
The research paper concludes that Brexit was not made in England, but has more significance
regarding pampering the feeling of Englishness to be considered as important driver to choose
the concept of Leave. (Henderson A, 2017)
2) Performing Brexit: How a post- Brexit world is imagined outside the United
Kingdom by Rebecca Adler- Niessn, Charlotte Galpin and Ben Rosamond (2017)
This research article is groomed by the eminent educationalists of Copenhagen and Birmingham.
The significance of Brexit was posed with the technical complexities more than it was
anticipated related to UK withdrawing from European Union. The concept of Brexit serves the
purpose of keeping promise of better future in comparison to specific past. Brexit was framed
with the aim to three perceptions. The first one is specification of national and European identity
in respect of specific national environment. The second one is the ability of Brexit to shape up
the feasible understandings of diplomatic geo-political reality. Third one is the impact on global
economy. This article tries to find the route how Brexit can give amicable solutions to these three
perceptions with proper framing. (Adler-Nissen R, 2017)
3) Brexit, Trump and the special Relationship by Graham K. Wilson (2017)
The author of this article, an eminent faculty of Boston University, had emphasized on two
contemporary global events of 2016- the unexpected win by Donald Trump in the US and Leave
campaign of UK from EU membership. Both these events had shown similarities considering the
strategy of campaigning and the verbal and social support base. Both these events had also
exemplified the right-wing wave, which proved instrumental to sweep over democracies. The
success of Brexit had also raised serious question mark about the upcoming relationship between
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The US and UK. Although it is too early to comment about the future political relationship
between these two nations, but it would be evident that after Brexit, the UK will lose its
comparative importance to the US as significant diplomatic and economic partner. (Wilson,
2017)
4) UK diplomacy at the UN after Brexit: Challenges and Opportunities by Megan Dee
and Karen E. Smith ( 2017)
The co-authors of this journal Megan Dee, a faculty of Department of politics and international
studies, Warwick University and Karen E. Smith, a faculty of International Relations
Department, London School of Economics and Political Science had emphasized on the future
results of Brexit Referendum of UK to exit from EU facing long-run impacts relating foreign
policy and diplomacy for international relationship of UK with outer world. This issue becomes
more relevant while looking from the view point of UN with the marginal benefit of UK with its
membership with EU. Firstly this article illustrates the respective importance of political and
regional groups within the members of UN. Secondly, the discussion will evolve on the issue of
how the UK is active within those groups; with specific emphasis on two EU issues- human
rights and nuclear weapon. To conclude, this article had highlighted the expectation to impact
UK diplomacy post Brexit in global group politics within UN. (Dee M, 2017)
White Papers
1) The Future Relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union by
The Prime Minister of UK( 2018)
This white paper was presented to the Parliament of UK by the Prime Minister, Theresa May as
empowered by the command of Her Majesty. This report was instrumental to make the members
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of the Parliament understand about the principled and practical approach to make the
Referendum of 2016 related to Brexit successful. The penultimate date of implementation of this
concept is stated as 23rd March, 2019. This white paper has detailed discussion about the vision,
mission, the Principled Brexit and the practical approach to make this concept successful in
micro level of UK economy and community. This white paper is also featuring the future
framework of international relationship of the UK with the EU, the UN, and other countries of
the world, keeping in mind the global balance and proper importance of the nation to be
maintained. (Govt, 2018)
2) The United Kingdom’s Exit and New Partnership with the European Union by the
Prime Minister of the UK(2017)
This White Paper published by the Government of UK had emphasized on the basic principles
based on the demand of the Referendum of 2016 to meet the long time demand of the British
citizen. This paper is also providing direction for future implication of Brexit to fulfill the long-
time demand of the people of UK related to democratic will. This paper has set basic 12
priorities to fix the coveted strategies for different objectives to ensure enhancement of the newly
defined strategic partnership between the UK and EU. This white paper is transparent regarding
the future business strategy of the UK along with the maintenance of self esteem of the UK
citizen to ensure quality conscious life style for them and smooth relationship with EU
counterparts and global ambience, too. (Government, 2017)
Other Documents
1) Brexit Negotiations: What is in the Withdrawal Agreement by European
Commission(2018)
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This is a fact sheet published by European Union to describe the proceedings of the meeting held
on 14th November, 2018 at Brussels. This fact sheet highlighted the proceedings related to
different critical issues of EU, which were in force when the UK was member. Now those issues
are to be discussed between EU and UK to find out proper and amicable settlement to ensure the
interest of the stakeholders. This fact sheet had categorically mentioned each issue to find out the
solutions related to those issues. This negotiation is an ongoing process, which should ensure
that the interest of the existing stakeholders within UK and others should get fair treatment for
their identity and other rights. The entire negotiation was covered by the Withdrawal Agreement
which should have Common Provisions for the other members of EU connected to UK for some
reason or other. (European, 2018)
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Bibliography
Adler-Nissen R, G. C. (2017). Performing Brexit: How a post-Brexit world is imagined outside the United
Kingdom. The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 19 (3).
Dee M, S. K. (2017). UK diplomacy at the UN after Brexit: Challenges and Opportunities. The British
Journal of Politics and International Relations, 19 (3).
European, U. (2018). Brexit Negotiations: What is in the Withdrawal Agreement. Fact Sheet, European
Commission.
Evans G, M. A. (2017). BREXIT and BRITISH POLITICS (1st Edition ed.). Polity.
Government, U. K. (2017). The United Kingdom's exit from and new partnership with the European
Union. the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. UK Government.
Govt, U. K. (2018). The Future Relationship between the United Kingdom and The European Union.
Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office. Government of the UK.
Henderson A, J. C. (2017). How Brexit was made in England. The British Journal of Politics and
Interntional Relations, 19 (4).
MacShane, D. (2016). How Britain Left Europe. I.B.Toris.
Martill, B., & Staiger, U. (2017). Brexit and Beyond: Rethinking the Futures of Europe. (B. M. Staiger, Ed.)
London: UCL Press.
Wilson, G. (2017). Brexit, Trump and the special relationship. The British Journal of Politics and
International Relations, 19 (3).
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