Introduction

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book identifies and analyses key developments, change and, in no small measure, turbulence in British politics. It uses some small case studies to illustrate the international interdependent context within which policy operates, how policy is viewed through a political prism. The book describes that a detailed case covering the UK–EU withdrawal process, the outcome of which is highly dependent on the interplay of political forces within political parties. It makes brief and critical comments on the key dimensions of development and turbulence in British politics and how these might play out in a fluid and volatile environment. The book describes about defining Britain, both at home and externally facing. Macro level analysis examines how Britain has responded to the macro – international environment, increasingly internationalised and interdependent.