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Anywheres, Somewheres, local attachment, and civic participation
Tak Wing Chan1, Juta Kawalerowicz2
1Social Research Institute, University College London, London, UK.
The British Journal of Sociology
|October 11, 2021
Summary
Geographically mobile individuals favored remaining in the EU, but community attachment did not differ between Remainers and Leavers. Higher civic participation and trust correlated with less support for Brexit, challenging the
Area of Science:
- Social Sciences
- Political Science
- Sociology
Background:
- David Goodhart's book 'The Road to Somewhere' posits a dichotomy between mobile 'Anywheres' and place-based 'Somewheres'.
- This framework suggests differing values and political leanings based on geographic mobility and community ties.
- The EU referendum provides a key context to test these assertions regarding national identity and political division.
Purpose of the Study:
- To empirically evaluate the claims made by David Goodhart in 'The Road to Somewhere' using survey data.
- To investigate the relationship between geographic mobility, community attachment, civic participation, trust, and EU referendum voting.
- To assess the validity of the 'Anywheres' versus 'Somewheres' dichotomy in explaining political attitudes.
Main Methods:
- Utilized data from the Understanding Society survey.
- Employed statistical analysis to correlate geographic mobility, community attachment, civic engagement, trust, and voting intention (Remain/Leave).
- Compared characteristics of individuals supporting different outcomes of the EU referendum.
Main Results:
- Confirmed that geographically mobile individuals were more likely to support remaining in the European Union (EU).
- Found no significant difference in local community attachment between EU Remainers and Leavers.
- Observed that higher levels of civic participation and trust were associated with decreased support for Brexit.
Conclusions:
- The study challenges the simplistic 'Anywheres' versus 'Somewheres' dichotomy as presented by Goodhart.
- Cosmopolitan individuals ('Anywheres') exhibit strong communitarian values, similar to or exceeding those of 'Somewheres'.
- Political attitudes towards Brexit are more nuanced than a simple mobility-based or place-based division suggests.
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