Anthony Kearon a.t.kearon@keele.ac.uk
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 |
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Acceptance Date | Jul 15, 2018 |
Publication Date | Jun 1, 2018 |
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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