Brexit means Brexit and other meaningless mantras have simply confirmed that confusion and uncertainty have dominated the early stages of this era defining event. Though there has been a lack of coherent and substantive policy goals from the UK government, this does not prevent analysis of the various causes of Brexit and the likely constraints on and consequences of the various forms Brexit might take. Is Brexit a last gasp of neoliberalism in decline? Is it a signal of the demise of the EU? Is it possible that the UK electorate will get what they thought they voted for (and what was that)? Will a populist agenda run foul of economic and political reality? What chance for the UK of a brave new world of bespoke trade treaties straddling a post-geography world? Is the UK set to become a Singapore-lite tax haven? What is the difference between a UK-centric and a UK-centred point of view on Brexit? Will Brexit augment disintegrative tendencies in the European and world economy? These are some of the questions explored in this timely set of essays penned by some of the best known names in political economy and international political economy. The chapters in this book originally published as a special issue in Globalizations.

ブレグジットという巨大な政治的うねりを、単なる経済事象としてではなく、ネオリベラリズムの黄昏が生んだ壮大な「解体劇」として描き出す一冊です。著者たちは、政治家たちが弄する虚無的なスローガンの裏側に潜む、グローバル秩序の断片化という残酷な真実を、文学的なまでの鋭利さで抉り出しています。 本書の本質的な魅力は、理想化された「輝かしい新世界」の虚構と、逃れられない経済的リアリティとの衝突を冷徹かつ情熱的に分析している点にあります。分断が進む世界で、私たちは何を失い、どこへ向かおうとしているのか。知の巨人たちが紡ぐこの警世の書は、現代社会という迷宮を読み解くための不可欠な羅針盤となるはずです。