Parker, O. orcid.org/0000-0002-1242-0876 (2017) Critical political economy, free movement and Brexit: Beyond the progressive’s dilemma. British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 19 (3). pp. 479-496. ISSN 1369-1481
Abstract
The progressive’s dilemma suggests that a trade-off exists between, on the one hand, labour and welfare rights underpinned by solidarity and shared identity and, on the other hand, open immigration regimes. With reference to debates on free movement in the UK, it is argued: (1) that a progressive European critical political economy literature of the Left has a tendency to accept this dilemma and resolve it in favour of a the former; (2) that it does so because it erroneously conflates the free movement of people with the (increasingly neoliberal) free movement of goods, capital and services; and (3) that it could and should treat human mobility as qualitatively different and, consequently, need not accept the terms of the progressive’s dilemma. The argument has important implications for a progressive politics in general and for the Left’s (particularly the Labour Party’s) position in the UK on free movement (and, by extension, on Brexit).
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Sage Publications, 2017. This is an author-produced version of a paper accepted for publication in British Journal of Politics & International Relations. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy |
Keywords: | free movement; EU citizenship; Brexit; the Left; progressive’s dilemma |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Politics and International Relations (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 10 May 2017 10:16 |
Last Modified: | 28 Jul 2017 10:40 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1369148117711082 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1369148117711082 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:115919 |