EU membership was a cultural symbol which Remainers approved and Leavers disliked

Cunningham, Michael (2017) EU membership was a cultural symbol which Remainers approved and Leavers disliked. LSE Brexit (20 Sep 2017). Website.

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Provision of more facts and objective information would have been of marginal significance in the Brexit vote. Michael Cunningham (University of Wolverhampton) offers his reflections on the EU referendum that point to the existence of substantial political limitations of evidence. He argues that one observes a widespread tendency among many voters to be resistant to facts challenging positions they hold. He ...

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/
Additional Information:	© 2017 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain J Political Science > JZ International relations
Date Deposited:	23 Oct 2017 15:18
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 21:10
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/84920

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