Tribal Politics : How Brexit Divided Britain.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hobolt, Sara B.

Contributor:

Hobolt, Sara B.

Tilley, James

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2026.

Summary:

This book explores how the Brexit referendum created two powerful and enduring political identities in Britain that reshaped how people saw themselves, each other, and the wider world. It offers a lens on how political events can forge new highly polarizing identities that pit people against each other and thus divide modern democracies.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Acknowledgements

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

1 Introduction

2 Tribal Politics: A Theory of Issue-Based Identities

3 The EU Issue: Elite Division and Public Indifference

4 The Trigger: The Brexit Referendum and its Fallout

5 Transformation: From an Issue to an Identity

6 Two Tribes: Affective Polarization and Brexit Identities

7 Tribal Bias: Seeing the World through a Brexit Lens

8 Identity Anchors: Tribes, Traits, and Echo Chambers

9 Realignment: From Identities to Votes

10 Conclusion

Appendix 1: Data Sources

Appendix 2: Extra Models for Chapter 7

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-891174-2

0-19-891173-4

9780198911739

OCLC:

1570330293