Gohrisch / Stedman Affective Polarisation

Social Inequality in the UK after Austerity, Brexit and COVID-19
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-5292-2227-2
Verlag: Bristol University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Inequality is an ever-present danger in our society. This important book addresses the crucial nexus between the lived experience of inequality and how it shapes political responses.
With contributors from the UK and Continental Europe, the book compiles case studies with theoretically informed discussions of the relationship between affective polarisation, social inequality and the fall-out from Brexit and COVID-19. Using a broad concept of social inequality, the book incorporates aspects of economy and society, language, and emotion culture, as well as interviews and film in historical and transnational perspectives.
The contributors offer a powerful examination of the ways in which the politics of the UK and the lived experiences of its residents have been reframed in the first decades of the 21st century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gohrisch, Jana

Stedman, Gesa

Weitere Mitwirkende

Butterfield, Harvey

Chiocchetti, Paolo

Forkert, Kirsten

ap Glyn, Ifor

Grünkemeier, Ellen

Guderjan, Marius

Koch, Insa

Mckenzie, Lisa

Mooney, Gerry

Morelli, Carlo

Petcu, Anisia Elisabeta

Schulze, Rainer

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction – Gesa Stedman and Jana Gohrisch
1. The Divided Left in the UK: Partisanship, Ideology, and Class After Brexit – Paolo Chiocchetti
2. Populism and the People: Elitism, Authoritarianism and Libertarianism – Kirsten Forkert and Marius Guderjan
3. “Coloring the Utterance With Some Kind of Perceivable Affect.” Constructing ‘Country’ and ‘People’ in Speeches by Theresa May and Boris Johnson: A Linguistic Perspective – Rainer Schulze
4. The Challenges of Polarisation: Lessons for (Re)politicising Inequality Across Four English Towns – Insa Koch, Mark Fransham, Sarah Cant, Jill Ebrey, Luna Glucksberg, Mike Savage
5. ‘Go Away, but Don’t Leave Us.’ Affective Polarisation and the Precarisation of Romanian Essential Workers in the UK – Anisia Petcu
6. Racialised Affective Polarisation in the UK – Jana Gohrisch
7. “Now You Have To Listen”: A Historical Analysis of Britain’s Left-Behind Communities – Harvey Butterfield
8. Britain in a State of Emergency – Studying Ken Loach’s Films I, Daniel Blake (2016) and Sorry We Missed You (2019) – Ellen Grünkemeier
9. Cloaking Class – Making the Working Class Visible – Lisa McKenzie
10. Class, Poverty and Inequality in Scotland: Independence and the Creation of Affective Polarisations – Carlo Morelli and Gerry Mooney
11. Language and Identity – the Taliesin Tradition – Ifor Ap Glyn
Conclusion – Gesa Stedman and Jana Gohrisch

Über Autor(innen)

Stedman, Gesa
Gesa Stedman is Professor of British Culture and Literature at the Centre for British Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

Mckenzie, Lisa
Dr Lisa Mckenzie is a research fellow at the London School of Economics & Political Science, working as part of the Great British Class Survey Team. Her previous research focused upon the poor working class and her current research interests relate to the precarious and vulnerable nature of particular groups in our society through insecure housing, work, social benefits, health care, and education. She is author of the bestselling Getting by: Estates, Class and Culture in Austerity Britain (Policy Press, 2015). Books: Building Better society; Society Better: Thinking the pro-social

Gohrisch, Jana
Jana Gohrisch is Professor of British and Postcolonial Studies at Leibniz University Hannover.

Mooney, Gerry
Gerry Mooney is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Staff Tutor in the Faculty of Social Sciences at The Open University. With Gill Scott he is co-editor of Exploring Social Policy in the 'New' Scotland, Policy Press 2005. He has also written widely on issues of class, the sociology of the city and social policy in the context of devolution.

Jana Gohrisch is Professor of British and Postcolonial Studies at Leibniz University Hannover.
Gesa Stedman is Professor of British Culture and Literature at the Centre for British Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.