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Social capital and belonging: the 'citizens of somewhere' are more likely to be pro-EU

Surridge, Paula, McAndrew, Siobhan and Begum, Neema (2017) Social capital and belonging: the 'citizens of somewhere' are more likely to be pro-EU. LSE Brexit (13 Nov 2017). Website.

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Abstract

A notional divide between 'anywheres', 'nowheres' and 'somewheres' has emerged since the EU referendum. Paula Surridge, Siobhan McAndrew and Neema Begum (University of Bristol) explored attitudes towards the EU in the context of social identities, social capital and neighbourhood belonging. Counterintuitively, they found that people with a stronger attachment to their locality tended to be more pro-EU. Imagined communities based ...

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 > HM Sociology
H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
Date Deposited: 13 Dec 2017 11:19
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 21:14
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/86204

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