In Brexit Britain, talk of ‘the economy’ dominates; however, we know surprisingly little about how people understand this term. In the aftermath of the 2008 crash and decades of neoliberalism, how are understandings of ‘the economy’ changing, and is it the case that Remain supporters care more about ‘the economy’ than Leave supporters?
This timely and insightful book argues that people with similar experiences of the economy share an understanding of the term, regardless of whether they supported Leave or Remain. Through extensive ethnographic research in a city on the South coast of England, Anna Killick explores what people from a range of backgrounds understand about key aspects of ‘the economy’, including employment, austerity, trade and the economic effects of migration.
Table of Content
1 What is ‘the economy’?
2 Researching understandings of ‘the economy’
3 Provisioning: ‘whole buildings have disappeared’
4 ‘Government debt is not an issue’
5 Trade and migration: ‘other people’
6 ‘The word economy is hollow’
7 Formal and rigged versions of ‘the economy’ in Brexit Britain
8 ‘Economically, something new, something different’
Appendix
References
Index
About the author
Anna Killick is a Research Fellow in the Department of Political Science at University College London
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