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Lindsay Richards1, Anthony Heath1, Gabriella Elgenius2
1Department of Sociology, University of Oxford and Nuffield College, Oxford, United Kingdom.
Abstract:
Nostalgia had a prominent place in the Brexit Referendum campaign, epitomized by Nigel Farage carrying around with him an old-fashioned blue British passport on the campaign trail. In this paper, we seek to examine British attitudes towards the past through a new survey instrument administered online in July and August 2018 (N = 3,000). We empirically establish two dimensions of nostalgia that are differentially associated with political preferences. We conclude that it is the substance of the nostalgia that matters, not the looking towards the past per se.
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