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In the late 1990s, British foreign policy became caught up in a new and different kind of domestic political debate. Party political competition turned far less on economic ideology and far more on constitutional issues, particularly regional devolution and European integration. The ‘politics of national identity’ moved to the forefront of debates about Britain’s future, with considerable knock-on effects for foreign policy.
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Peterson, J. (1997). Britain, Europe and the World. In: Dunleavy, P., Gamble, A., Holiday, I., Peele, G. (eds) Developments in British Politics 5. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25862-8_2
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