Abstract
This paper positions the Brexit vote relative to a long-standing history of urban post-industrial alienation and the more recent
creation of a moral crisis about migration. The paper explains how this unique combination of historical factors was sufficient to
destabilise the authority of the British government in the European Union Referendum of 2016, and throw it off centre. It draws
on ethnographic research conducted recently in East London, in the Borough of Barking and Dagenham, to reveal the everyday
struggles of lives in the post-industrial, post-colonial urban neighbourhoods of London.
Keywords: Postindustrial. London. Brexit. Migration. Labour Party.
creation of a moral crisis about migration. The paper explains how this unique combination of historical factors was sufficient to
destabilise the authority of the British government in the European Union Referendum of 2016, and throw it off centre. It draws
on ethnographic research conducted recently in East London, in the Borough of Barking and Dagenham, to reveal the everyday
struggles of lives in the post-industrial, post-colonial urban neighbourhoods of London.
Keywords: Postindustrial. London. Brexit. Migration. Labour Party.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 559-573 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Ethnologie Française |
Volume | 50 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 9 Oct 2020 |
Keywords
- Brexit
- Post-Industrial
- Britain
- Urban
- Social Class
- Left-Behind
- Migration