A Severe Challenge to a ‘Mature Society’

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  • 成熟社会への掣肘
  • 成熟社会への掣肘 : イギリスのEU離脱をめぐる政治社会
  • セイジュク シャカイ エ ノ セイチュウ : イギリス ノ EU リダツ オ メグル セイジ シャカイ
  • ―イギリスのEU離脱をめぐる政治社会

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<p>Britain after the 2016 referendum has been sharply divided between two tribes, Leavers and Remainers, which is called ‘affective polarization’. What led Britain to such grave crisis? In order to tackle the question, the chapter examines three factors: a rise of a new ‘the left-out’ coalition, a meaning of class non-voting amongst working class people as a passive expression among protest against political elites, and the hypothetical timing of the effects of austerity measures on those passive voters. Firstly, it explores the ‘left-out’ coalition of the leavers across class cleavages that share common values around chauvinistic authoritarianism and adversaries against metropolitan elite politicians. Secondly, it emphasizes the importance of noting the fact that within the ‘left-out’ coalition, a quite a number of working class had not actively cast their protest votes for the alternative parties such as the UKIP. Instead, they chose to abstain. Given the impact of when and how those non-voters resume voting had on the results of the referendum, thirdly, it investigates the hypothesis that the timing of the implementation of austerity measures under the coalition government since 2010 and their effects on people’s life especially in deprived areas might have triggered the feeling of ‘left-out’.</p>

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