Brexit: Is it Worth It?
Great Britain's decision to leave the European Union (Brexit) is an
unprecedented event in the history of the EU. This messy divorce has many
important implications politically, as well as in terms of business and
economic relations in Europe and globally. Over two years of negotiations,
change in political leadership, social divisions, and uncertainty – is it worth
it? To answer this question, Drs. Harben and Surzhko-Harned draw on policy
and economic analysis, as well as their own data and observations gathered
in the U.K. in May 2019.
– Christopher Harben, D.S.L., M.B.A., and Lena Surzhko-Harned, Ph.D.
Lena Surzhko Harned, Ph.D., is an associate teaching professor of Political Science. She is also the associate director and a faculty affiliate of the Public Policy Fund at Penn State Behrend. Her primary research interests are in the field of comparative politics.
She is an author of several papers dealing with issues of nationalism and ethnic conflict, identity politics, electoral politics, comparative democratization, and political behavior in the post-communist states of Eastern Europe.
Her co-authored book, Post-Soviet Legacies and Conflicting Values in Europe: Generation WhY, was published in 2017 and examines the intergenerational conflict and consequences in post-Soviet Ukraine and Russia.
