Public Policy and Democratic Backsliding in the UK: The Conservatives' Illiberal Turn

This book examines the rise of illiberalism within the British Conservative Party during the last few decades. It traces how the party’s political agenda has become increasingly dominated by populist and nativist policy positions since the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union in 2016, and the ways in which this has led to growing concerns over democratic backsliding.

Moving beyond debates over the ideology and governing philosophy of the Conservative Party, this book focuses on the specif...