Hayton, R orcid.org/0000-0002-9899-0035 (2018) British Conservatism after the vote for Brexit: the ideological legacy of David Cameron. British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 20 (1). pp. 223-238. ISSN 1369-1481
Abstract
Following the referendum on membership of the EU, this article assesses the ideological legacy of David Cameron on Conservative politics in Britain. It focuses on three areas of ideological tension in contemporary conservatism, namely European integration, the divide between social liberals and traditionalists, and the future of the Union post-Brexit. Applying the concept of heresthetics to offer a theoretically informed account, it argues that while Cameron enjoyed some successes in ‘the art of political manipulation’ (Riker 1986) with electoral benefits, his desire to modernize conservatism was ultimately undone by his failure to restructure the key issue dimensions animating his party’s ideology. Ultimately this failure undid his premiership, leading to his downfall.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2017. This is an author produced version of a paper published in The British Journal of Politics and International Relations. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | conservatism; Conservative Party; Brexit; European integration; heresthetics; David Cameron |
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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: | 13 Oct 2017 09:25 |
Last Modified: | 10 Nov 2019 01:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1369148117737278 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:122446 |