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O'Reilly, Jacqueline, Froud, Julie, Sukhdev, Johal, Williams, Karel, Warhurst, Christopher, Morgan, Glenn, Grey, Christopher, Wood, Geoffrey, Wright, Mike, Boyer, Robert, Frerichs, Sabine, Sankari, Suvi, Rona-Tas, Akos and Le Galès, Patrick (2016) Brexit : understanding the socio-economic origins and consequences. Socio-Economic Review, 14 (4). pp. 807-854. doi:10.1093/ser/mww043
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/ser/mww043
Abstract
The unprecedented geopolitical shift resulting from Brexit reflects deep socio-economic fault lines within and beyond the UK. In many ways foreshadowing the US presidential election of Donald Trump, Brexit brought to the surface and gave a public voice to socio-economic divisions that were deeply embedded, sometimes illogical, but until now had either been ignored or hushed out of ‘respectable’ public debate. This Discussion Forum emanates from a spontaneous seminar organized 2 days after the Brexit vote on June 25, 2016 as part of the SASE conference held in University of California–Berkeley and followed by an open call for papers by Socio-Economic Review. The papers here draw attention to the origins of the Brexit vote in deep-seated socio-economic divisions (O’Reilly), widening differences in economic performance across sectors and regions of the UK (Froud, Sukhdev and Williams) and the growth of poor quality jobs (Warhurst). Meanwhile, the political dynamics of the Brexit vote were also shaped by the fractured nature of UK business elites (Morgan), divisions between locals and cosmopolitans (Grey) and creative but muddled actions of elites that arguably generated consequences they themselves failed to fully anticipate (Wood and Wright). From the perspective of Europe, Brexit reflects a history of dysfunctional economic policy in Europe that prioritized market competition in ways that neglected and ultimately undermined solidarity (Boyer). Here, Brexit reflects a political strategy to both renationalize and recommodify solidarity in the face of fears over migration, and which are likely to have major consequences for social solidarity in Europe more generally (Frerichs and Sankari). However, Brexit is unlikely to provide a durable social and political solution to the wider tensions between globalization and democracy, which also affect all countries throughout Europe (Rona-Tas). Ultimately, the Brexit vote underlines social divisions that combine class inequalities with regional ones, not just in Britain but throughout Europe (Le Galès).
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Institute for Employment Research | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | European Union -- Great Britain -- Social aspects, European Union -- Great Britain -- Political aspects, Labor market -- Great Britain, Globalization, Democracy | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Socio-Economic Review | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1475-1461 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | October 2016 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 14 | ||||||||
| Number: | 4 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 807-854 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1093/ser/mww043 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Socio-Economic Review following peer review. The version of record Jacqueline O'Reilly, Julie Froud, Sukhdev Johal, Karel Williams, Chris Warhurst, Glenn Morgan, Christopher Grey, Geoffrey Wood, Mike Wright, Robert Boyer, Sabine Frerichs, Suvi Sankari, Akos Rona-Tas, Patrick Le Galès, Brexit: understanding the socio-economic origins and consequences, Socio-Economic Review, Volume 14, Issue 4, October 2016, Pages 807–854, The version of record [insert complete citation information here] is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/ser/mww043 | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
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