This book analyses the changing nature of the British economy and the consequences of Brexit
upon its place within the European economic space. The overhang from the global financial
crisis the Eurozone crisis the political negotiation of prolonged economic downturn and now
the spectre of 'Brexit' provide the backdrop for various forms of capitalist restructuring
designed to restore competitiveness and prosperity. This re-structuring has clear implications
for existing European growth models the structural imbalances and inequalities which
characterise the British economy the fortunes of the City of London and competing financial
districts internationally and the prospective strategies of progressive politics in this
context. Adopting a broadly critical political economy lens - which gives analytical weight to
the relationship between economic and political dynamics - the book will draw on the research
of eminent scholars to assess divergence in the foundations of economic competitiveness and
their social repercussions.
