English Nationalism and Brexit: Past, Present, and Future. By Harry Brown A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in International Relations Program in International Relations

................................................................................................................................................. 1 BACKGROUND & INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................... 2 LITERATURE REVIEW .......................................................................................................................... 5 DEFINITIONS AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND ................................................................................. 5 ENGLISH NATIONALISM AND EUROSCEPTICISM ............................................................................... 13 ENGLISH NATIONALISM, MAINSTREAM POLITICAL PARTIES, AND FRINGE PARTIES ................. 20 ENGLISH NATIONALISM, REFERENDUMS, AND BREXIT .................................................................. 30 METHODOLOGY .................................................................................................................................. 32 HYPOTHESES .......................................................................................................................................... 33 QUANTITATIVE SECTION ...................................................................................................................... 34 QUALITATIVE SECTION ......................................................................................................................... 39 RESULTS AND ANALYSIS .................................................................................................................. 40 SURVEY ANALYSIS .................................................................................................................................. 41 QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS ....................................................................................................................... 47 DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION .................................................................................................. 50 APPENDIX A ........................................................................................................................................... 52 BIBLIOGRAPHY ..................................................................................................................................... 56