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In order to understand today's nationalism, we need to address the
historical decline of working-class communities, the sense of loss
brought by deindustrialisation and how working-class people have
been denied a voice in society and politics. Discontent has
manifested strongly in these deprived post-industrial areas, often
branded as communities that have been left behind under neoliberal
globalisation. Whilst more and more people are voicing their
discontent with a system that fails to provide social security and
economic stability, many researchers have branded them merely as
racists, xenophobes and ill educated. Although prejudices are
likely to play a part in all political outcomes, today's
dissatisfaction across the West cannot be reduced to mere emotion
and intolerance. This book therefore utilises on-the-ground
research with working-class individuals in a Leave voting locale in
Britain, exploring their discontent with politicians, the Labour
Party, the European Union, immigration, refugees and the prolonged
calls for a second referendum. It situates this sentiment towards
society and politics within the decline of capitalism's post-war
era and the loss of well-paid industrial jobs, increase in
non-unionised service employment and the hollowing out of community
spirit.
In order to understand today's nationalism, we need to address the
historical decline of working-class communities, the sense of loss
brought by deindustrialisation and how working-class people have
been denied a voice in society and politics. Discontent has
manifested strongly in these deprived post-industrial areas, often
branded as communities that have been left behind under neoliberal
globalisation. Whilst more and more people are voicing their
discontent with a system that fails to provide social security and
economic stability, many researchers have branded them merely as
racists, xenophobes and ill educated. Although prejudices are
likely to play a part in all political outcomes, today's
dissatisfaction across the West cannot be reduced to mere emotion
and intolerance. This book therefore utilises on-the-ground
research with working-class individuals in a Leave voting locale in
Britain, exploring their discontent with politicians, the Labour
Party, the European Union, immigration, refugees and the prolonged
calls for a second referendum. It situates this sentiment towards
society and politics within the decline of capitalism's post-war
era and the loss of well-paid industrial jobs, increase in
non-unionised service employment and the hollowing out of community
spirit.
Based upon global data and following on from Lockdown: Social
Harm in the COVID-19 Era, this book discusses the rise of
surveillance capitalism and new forms of control and exclusion
throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. It particularly addresses the use
of vaccine passports, mandates and the new forms of capital
extraction and political control that emerged throughout the
pandemic. The book also explicates how the ‘vaccine hesitant’
became marginalized in both mainstream discourse and through
regulatory interventions. Whilst the book addresses the wider
political economy within which so-called ‘anti-vaxxers’ were
ostracized, it also explores the complex nature of their
sentiments. The book closes by
considering the New Futures of Exclusion, outlining the
forms of surveillance and control that may be implemented in the
future particularly in light of the challenges brought by global
warming and the energy transition. It is a broadly accessible text,
particularly appealing to policymakers, general readers and
academics in sociology, political sociology, politics, human
geography, political economy, criminology, social policy,
psychology, history, and infectious diseases and medicine.
This book contributes to emerging debates about Levelling Up the UK
Economy, considering these alongside the nature of, and trends in,
both the political economy and spatial disparities. Drawing on a
complex systems framing, the book pulls together a range of
evidence to provide insights about the agenda from macro, meso and
micro levels of analyses, including utilising qualitative data from
a small scoping study with Directors of Regeneration across several
'left behind' places and 25 residents of 'left behind' Redcar &
Cleveland in Teesside. The book outlines phases in capitalism's
development, particularly the shift from post-war capitalism to a
post-industrial and neoliberal society and the implications for
spatial inequalities. The 2022 Levelling Up White Paper is analysed
alongside a focus on the role of local government relative to the
agenda. The book offers an empirical case study of 'left behind'
Redcar & Cleveland, exposing deindustrialisation, insecure
employment, crime, anti-social behaviour and sentiments on a North
South divide and Levelling Up. We suggest that only a
transformative change in the political economy, including
significant and sustained investment at different spatial levels,
is likely to achieve the ambition to Level Up.
This book asks whether the decision to lock down the world was
justified in proportion to the potential harms and risks generated
by the Covid-19 virus. Drawing on global, empirical data, it
explores and exposes the social harms induced by lockdowns, many of
which are 'hidden', including joblessness, mental health problems
and an intensification of societal inequalities and divisions. It
offers data-driven case studies on harms such as domestic violence,
child abuse, the distress of being ordered to stay at home, and the
numerous harms associated with the new wealth industries. It
explores why some people weren't compliant with lockdown
restrictions and examines the already vulnerable social groups who
were disproportionally affected by lockdown including those who
were locked in (care home residents), locked up (prisoners), and
locked out (migrant workers, refugees). The book closes with a
brief discussion on what the future might look like as we enter a
post-Covid world, drawing on cutting-edge social theory.
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