| dc.description.abstract | The Irish Backstop is a protocol in the 2018 (rejected) draft of the Withdrawal
Agreement, which would leave the UK (in general) in the EU Customs Union and
Northern Ireland (in particular) in some aspects of the European Single Market, until
a solution is found to prevent hard borders. The aim is not to compromise the Good
Friday Agreement and to maintain the integrity of the European Single Market. It
will enter into force only if no other solution exists by the end of the (agreed upon)
transition period, and will remain in effect until such a solution is found and agreed
to be practical. However, the backstop policy was rejected by the British Parliament
which resulted in the resignation of Theresa May as British Prime Minister. By using
constructivism and postfunctionalism theory, the author analyzes the reasons for the
British Parliament's rejection of the Backstop Policy. | en_US |
