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Post-Brexit Britain: Thinking about ‘English Nationalism’ as a factor in the EU referendum

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Brown, H. Post-Brexit Britain: Thinking about ‘English Nationalism’ as a factor in the EU referendum. Int Polit Rev 5, 1–12 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41312-017-0023-7

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