Brexit and the United Kingdom-European Union relationship from the perspective of a complex adaptive system

The UK-EU relationship has been depicted as awkward, and Brexit represents the pinnacle of this strangeness. This paper uses the Complex Adaptive Systems framework and the Containers, Differences, Exchanges (CDE) model to understand Brexit as a turning point in the system-wide pattern of the UK-EU r...

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Autor: Saraiva Szucko, Angélica
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:México
Institución:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Foro Internacional
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.forointernacional.colmex.mx:article/2855
Acceso en línea:https://forointernacional.colmex.mx/index.php/fi/article/view/2855
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:European Union
United Kingdom
Brexit
Complex Adaptive Systems
disintegration
Unión Europea
Reino Unido
Sistemas adaptativos complejos
desintegración
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Sumario:The UK-EU relationship has been depicted as awkward, and Brexit represents the pinnacle of this strangeness. This paper uses the Complex Adaptive Systems framework and the Containers, Differences, Exchanges (CDE) model to understand Brexit as a turning point in the system-wide pattern of the UK-EU relationship from differentiated integration to disintegration. Also, in accordance with the post-functionalist theory, this article argues that the ‘constraining dissensus’ that emerged since the 1990s has been pushing both towards more differentiated integration and, ultimately, towards disintegration.