All out war? Brexit, voting and the production of division

Renewal - ISSN 0968-5211
Volume 25 Number 3-4 (2017)

All out war? Brexit, voting and the production of division
Cathy Elliott pages -

Abstract

It’s commonly assumed that the Brexit referendum exposed pre-existing faultlines in British society. But we need to take seriously the idea that voting produces divisions and identities, rather than simply measuring them. If we consider the sorts of subjects and identities our current modes of voting in elections and referendums produce, we might be prompted to embrace more reflective, and more deliberative, democratic practices, in order to bridge rather than entrench divisions in British society. 

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Cathy Elliott (2017) All out war? Brexit, voting and the production of division, Renewal, 25(3-4 ), -

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