Editorial The Brexit Issue
(2019) Regional Studies Association. Regions — Vol. 1, n° 5, p. 01-02 (2019)
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Da Silva Oliveira, Eduardo Henrique 
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- After four successful eZine Issues we have landed on the Brexit Issue; landed but certainly not settled in the discussions. This Issue raises further questions while providing critical – yet sober and mature -responses to the impacts of the scheduled withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the European Union (EU) in the economic and social geography of the UK, the EU Member States and beyond. The novelty of this issue is that the Regional Insights section is guest edited by Alex de Ruyter, affiliated to the Centre for Brexit Studies (UK). This section includes eight articles featuring the various dimensions of Brexit e.g. ‘No Deal Brexit’ and its impacts upon important social and economic sectors. For example, Christopher Huggins highlights why Brexit matters to English local government. His article evidences the many challenges remaining in the realm of uncertainty. Specifically, while a case is often made that Brexit can present an opportunity to reform the centre–local relationship, several local authorities are sceptical about whether they will be able to shape their post-Brexit position. While many debates about the impact of ‘No Deal’ Brexit on the UK automotive sector abound; given the many contributions of scholars such as David Bailey (e.g. No Deal Brexit and UK Automotive in this Issue), less is known about the potential effect of Brexit on agriculture and environmental standards. David Hearne and Alex de Ruyter push this matter further. They argue that agriculture is heavily affected by state intervention and hence that Brexit could lead to a significant realignment of UK farming. This is because once out of the EU, the UK will come under pressure to realign its so-called Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary (SPS) standards that regulate the nature of the food we eat. Alex de Ruyter provides an evolved glimpse of the eight articles themed around Brexit in his Editorial.
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Da Silva Oliveira, E. H., Julie Tiao Miao, & Michael Taster. (2019). Editorial The Brexit Issue. Regional Studies Association. Regions, 1(5), 01-02. https://doi.org/10.1080/13673882.2018.00001044 (Original work published 2019)