Social capital and belonging: the 'citizens of somewhere' are more likely to be pro-EU

A notional divide between 'anywheres', 'nowheres' and 'somewheres' has emerged since the EU referendum. Paula Surridge, Siobhan McAndrew and Neema Begum (University of Bristol) explored attitudes towards the EU in the context of social identities, social capital and neighbourhood belonging. Counterintuitively, they found that people with a stronger attachment to their locality tended to be more pro-EU. Imagined communities based ...