title: Great Miscalculation of David Cameron
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metadata.value: Chepik, Victor N.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2018-04-04T14:57:34Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2018-04-04T14:57:34Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2018-03
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metadata.value: Chepik V. N. Great Miscalculation of David Cameron. Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. History, 2018, vol. 63, issue 1, pp. 301–310.
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metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu02.2018.119
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/9293
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metadata.value: This review essay focuses on the monograph of the British researcher A. Glenkross. It is devoted
  to the key topic in international discussions — Britain’s exit from the EU. In view of a plenty
  of the literature appearing now concerning Brexit, A. Glenkross is one of the few scholars who
  analyzes its political reasons. As follows from the book, the main reasons which have led to the
  referendum on British membership in EU as well as to D. Cameron’s defeat were, firstly, the
  results of 2015 UK General Elections. The vote revealed disagreements among British citizens.
  According to D. Cameron, after improving the terms of membership the referendum was to
  reconcile two opposing camps by the results of vote to which the minority would be compelled
  to obey. Secondly, different political traditions of Britain and the EU that delivered discomfort
  for the British political tradition and for the way of life. As a result, Britain tried to withdraw EU
  from closer integration towards federal union getting the nickname of «the strange partner».
  The author emphasizes that D. Cameron’s negotiations with EU prior to the referendum were
  “the valiant final attempt to make it work for Britain, but for the majority of the British voters
  EU has not proved sufficient flexibility”. Thirdly, the growth of political influence of Eurosceptics
  led to the vote on EU membership. Lack of reforms within EU which could be suited with
  the British played into the hands of Eurosceptics who claimed that the EU was unreformable
  and heading towards federal union. Fourthly, there was organized and well-funded opposition,
  namely, the Party of independence of the United Kingdom. In conclusion the author summarizes
  that David Cameron’s gamble proved a great miscalculation with bad consequences for
  the UK domestic as well as foreign policy in the near future. He claims that for the settlement of
  constitutional issues a referendum as an element of direct democracy is not suitable.
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. History;Volume 63; Issue 1
metadata.lang: -
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Brexit
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: great miscalculation
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: referendum
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: renegotiation
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Common market
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Great Miscalculation of David Cameron
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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