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Book SynopsisThe Anglosphere - a transnational imagined community consisting of the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK - came to international prominence in the wake of Brexit. The Anglosphere''s origins lie in the British Empire and the conflicts of the 20th century. It encompasses an extensive but ill-defined community bonded by language, culture, media, and ''civilisational'' heritage founded on the shared beliefs and practices of free-market economics and liberal democracy. Supporters of the Anglosphere argue that it provides a better ''fit'' for English-speaking countries at a time when global politics is in a state of flux and under strain from economic crises, conflict and terrorism, and humanitarian disasters.This edited volume provides the first detailed analyses of the Anglosphere, bringing together leading international academic experts to examine its historical origins and contemporary political, social, economic, military, and cultural manifestations. They reveal that the A
Trade ReviewThe book...is a very welcome avenue for understanding a highly significant international phenomenon, one that should form the basis for further theorizing the synthesized influence of transnationalized ideas, experiences, and practices of class, race, culture, language, economy, and military power in world politics...The concept, history, and current practices, networks, and politics of the Anglosphere are admirably documented in this collection. * Inderjeet Pamar, University of London, Perspectives on Politics *
Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements 1: Ben Wellings and Andrew Mycock: Continuity, Dissonance and Location: an Anglosphere research agenda Continuity 2: Michael Gardiner: The Anglosphere as a Principle of Progress 3: Duncan Bell: Anglospheres: empire redivivus? 4: Tim Legrand: The Past, Present and Future of Anglosphere Security Networks: Constitutive Reduction of a Shared Identity 5: Srdjan Vucetic: The Anglosphere beyond Security Dissonance 6: John Ravenhill and Geoff Heubner: The Political Economy of the Anglosphere: Geography Trumps History 7: Carl Bridge and Bart Zielinski: The Anglosphere and the American Embrace: The End of the British Empire and after 8: Andrew Mycock: 'CANZUK, the Anglosphere(s) and Transnational War Commemoration: The Centenary of First World War' 9: Katherine Smits: The Anglosphere and Indigenous Politics Location 10: Andrew Gamble: The Anglo-American Worldview and the Question of World Order 11: Nick Pearce and Michael Kenny: Churchill, Powell and the Conservative 'Brexiteers': The Political Legacies of the Anglosphere 12: Helen Baxendale and Ben Wellings: Underwriting Brexit: The European Union in the Anglosphere Imagination 13: Eva Namusoke: The Anglosphere, Race and Brexit Index
