Social polarisation at the local level: why inequality must be re-politicised from within different localities
Fransham, M.
& Koch, I.
(23 March 2021)
Social polarisation at the local level: why inequality must be re-politicised from within different localities.
British Politics and Policy at LSE.
& Koch, I.
(23 March 2021)
Social polarisation at the local level: why inequality must be re-politicised from within different localities.
British Politics and Policy at LSE.
Mark Fransham and Insa Koch examine how intensifying inequality in the UK plays out at a local level. They distinguish differing dynamics of ‘elite-based’ polarisation (in Oxford and Tunbridge Wells) and ‘poverty-based’ polarisation (in Margate and Oldham). They write that, although across these four towns marginalised communities express a sense of local belonging, tensions between social groups remain strong and all towns are marked by a weak or ‘squeezed middle’.