The United Kingdom

Citation

Montgomery T & Baglioni S (2018) The United Kingdom. In: Federico V & Lahusen C (eds.) Solidarity as a Public Virtue?: Law and Public Policies in the European Union. Transnational Perspectives on Transformations in State and Society, Volume 4. Baden-Baden: Nomos, pp. 179 - 192. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783845290058

Abstract
First paragraph: Solidarity has been a key ingredient in the existence of the United Kingdom (UK) as a single political entity since its inception. As a pluri-national state (the country brings together four different nations: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), the UK has had to find a balance between what would otherwise be competing solidarities located at different geo-political levels. Infra-national solidarity (e.g. solidarity among Scottish or Welsh people) must be combined with cross-national forms of solidarities (e.g. Scottish towards Welsh), as well as with a supra-national solidarity (e.g. Scottish towards British).

Keywords
Solidarity; policy; UK

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