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Social quality, Brexit and Stoke-on-Trent

Kearon, Tony; Mahoney, Ian

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Ian Mahoney



Abstract

In this article, we seek to provide a social quality–led analysis of some of the conditions that led to the UK population’s collective decision to leave the European Union in June 2016. We draw on interview data collected between 2010 and 2012 to argue that while not predictable, the seeds of the Brexit vote are well rooted in the conditions experienced by many of the working classes in Britain’s most deprived postindustrial communities. We argue that the ongoing decline in economic security, effective enfranchisement, social inclusion, and social empowerment have all had profound consequences for working-class communities and that the outcome of the Brexit vote was rooted, at least in part, in their subjective experiences and disenchantment forged in this ongoing decline.

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jul 15, 2018
Publication Date Jun 1, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal International Journal of Social Quality
Print ISSN 1757-0344
Publisher Berghahn Journals
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Pages 1-20
DOI https://doi.org/10.3167/IJSQ.2018.080102
Keywords Brexit, disenfranchisement, populism, marginalization, social quality, Stoke-on-Trent,working class
Publisher URL https://doi.org/10.3167/IJSQ.2018.080102

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