Concurrence of Post-Covidal Brexit on Britain's economy under the light of neo-functional constructivism

Sakhamanesh, Talieh; Ghavam, Seyyed Abdol Ali; Zakerian, Mehdi; Barzegar, Kayhan; Balala, Hanaan

doi:10.22059/jcountst.2025.403908.1385

Concurrence of Post-Covidal Brexit on Britain's economy under the light of neo-functional constructivism

Document Type : Original

Authors

¹ Department of International Relations, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Islamic Azad University, Sciences & Research Branch, Tehran, Iran

² Visiting Lecturer and Administrator of IAU Innovation Centers, Tehran, Iran.

³ The Late Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.

⁴ Department of International Relations, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Islamic Azad University, Sciences & Research Branch, Tehran, Iran.

⁵ The Copenhagen Business College DPhil in Law, Oxford University

⁶ Visiting Researcher, The Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS).

10.22059/jcountst.2025.403908.1385

Abstract

In the threshold of 2021, the British economy was adversely affected by the obligatory lockdown for national quarantine during the post-Brexit pandemic. The concurrence of the COVID-19 pandemic and Brexit represents a profound upheaval in the United Kingdom's economic landscape, instigating a critically paradigmatic shift that warrants rigorous examination. Under the auspices of neo-functional constructivism, this analysis pertains to the interaction between the prevalence of COVID sublineages and the economic ramifications of Brexit, as both scenarios invoke an unceasing mutation of the structural dynamics within the UK economy. To discern the impacts on the UK economy, it is imperative to consider the causative agents of these crises and the therapeutic interventions ushered, including upturns and related precautions, which have been instrumental in managing public health and economy outcomes. Scholars' investigations into the affiliation of these factors concede how the pronounced nature of these conflicts have explicitly influenced economic stability and resilience. Herein, the current article aims to shed light on how the dual challenges of post-pandemic-related disruptions have engaged policymakers in a challenging milieu, pressurizing them to align with rapidly evolving conditions, and so forth. In layman's terms, on the basis of neo-functionalist constructivism as its building stone theory, the current research aims at brainstorming the idea that politics with a problem-solving strategy as an exit- way out of this chaos can flourish novel opportunities by diminishing some economic tensions at this time, such as the severe economic crisis caused by the pandemic. From the perspective of neo-functional constructivism, the statement of problem under investigation is basically conceptualized within the framework of social constructs underpinning them and the shared meanings they encompass. In the interim, the post-Brexit and COVID-19 crises are regarded as event-driven factors that metamorphosis-like have significantly reshaped social structures and the collective understandings associated with national identity, economic policymaking, and international relations. The current survey explicitly explores all avenues while unearthing the source of how these crises have influenced whole nine yards of social meanings and structures, elucidating the ways in which these transformations have embodied economic dynamics and policy adjustments. The very aim of the current research paper is to excavate interrelationships within the context of shared social constructs, thereby contributing to their underlying mechanisms and implications particularly within gray area.

Keywords

Main Subjects

multidisciplinary

حوزة موضوعی: بریتانیا و اتحادیة اروپا

Scope: Britain and European Union

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