Honeyman, VC orcid.org/0000-0003-2084-1395 (2016) Is British Sovereignty at stake in the EU Referendum? In: Hug, A, (ed.) Europe and the people: Examining the EU's democratic legitimacy. Foreign Policy Centre , London , pp. 23-26. ISBN 978-1-905833-31-3
Abstract
The issue of Sovereignty has repeatedly been discussed during the run-up to the 2016 EU Referendum. However, what is sovereignty, and what does it mean to the British people? This article aims to establish what British Sovereignty actually looks like, and attempts to establish whether Britain’s sovereignty is fundamentally at threat from the EU, and if it is, whether that is an unacceptable price to pay for EU membership. By considering the British constitutional arrangements, this article will argue that the notion of British sovereignty includes certain key facets not of constitutional importance, but of ‘Britishness’ and that this ‘Britishness’ is really the issue at the heart of the sovereignty debate.
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Item Type: | Book Section |
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Keywords: | Sovereignty; British Politics; Brexit; EU; Democracy; EU Referendum |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Politics & International Studies (POLIS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 08 Jul 2016 10:21 |
Last Modified: | 27 Sep 2022 15:52 |
Published Version: | http://fpc.org.uk/publications/eudemocratic |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Foreign Policy Centre |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:102135 |