Brexit, erhvervsinteresser og irsk grænsepolitik
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https://doi.org/10.7146/politica.v52i4.130832Nøgleord:
brexit, erhvervsinteresser, irsk grænsepolitik, social konstruktion, Irland, NordirlandResumé
Hvorfor brød det mangeårige nære forhold mellem virksomheder og politik sammen midt i en af de værste kriser og mest følsomme erhvervspolitiske beslutningsprocesser i det moderne Storbritanniens historie? Artiklen udforsker dette spørgsmål i lyset af irsk grænsepolitik. Den irske grænse er interessant, fordi den illustrerer, hvordan en lang række aktører, fra staten såvel som fra erhvervslivet, fravalgte strategier, som man ville formode måtte tjene deres økonomiske og politiske interesser. Et svar kræver, at man placerer spørgsmål om politisk konkurrence centralt i analysen og undersøger implikationerne for, hvorledes virksomheder og erhvervsliv forfølger deres interesser. Primært baseret på data fra en række irske erhvervsorganisationer undersøger vi, hvordan udkrystalliseringen af regionale erhvervsinteresser er præget af høj konkurrence og divergerende adgang til politiske aktører både nord og syd for grænsen. Vores analyse anvender den spirende litteratur om social konstruktion af erhvervsinteresser.
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