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11 Foreword Nothing to Fear but Fea

13 FORES in Sweden, the Institute o

15 rising tide that cuts across tra

17 diversity), and political leader

19 trends in Austria, where the Fre

21 refugees of ‘bringing in all k

23 themselves embodying the fear of

25 ‘wrong-headed doctrine’, and

27 While the Central European case

29 Europe, but the politics of fear

31 of European identity - attachmen

33 Euroscepticism In every country,

35 Figure 2 Views of respondents in

37 Political trust We also asked ou

39 significantly less support in th

41 - internationally and intranatio

43 els/soc/OECD2014-Social-Expendit

45 25 R Wodak and S Boukala, ‘Eur

47 References ‘Denmark suspends q

49 European Commission, Standard Eu

1 Great Britain - ‘It’s who you

53 1 What we already know about Bre

55 compared with 59 per cent of tho

57 This leads the authors to conclu

59 think it is vital to let Europea

61 between areas hit hardest by aus

63 wealthy towns in the south of En

65 Similarly strong predictive powe

67 Anti-immigrant sentiment In addi

69 External and campaign factors Th

71 One caveat of this research is t

73 vote (and indeed on populism in

75 As part of this project, we comm

77 Table 1 Predicted probability of

79 neighbourhood levels of deprivat

81 Social networks Most important f

83 Table 3 Predicted probability of

85 Over recent decades the world ha

87 significance of demographic vari

89 ·· relative employment depriva

91 Variable Scale Explanatory or re

93 regardless of the possible impor

95 Table 6 Brexit model with socdif

97 Table 8 Brexit model with attitu

99 Table 10 Brexit model with attit

101 Table 12 Brexit model with atti

103 Table 14 Brexit model with atti

105 Table 16 Brexit model with pref

107 Notes 1 D Runciman, ‘A win fo

109 org/2016/07/brexit-vote-boosts-

111 29 Jun 2016, http://bruegel.org

113 53 R Stubager, ‘Education eff

115 71 Ashcroft, ‘How the United

117 84 Goodwin and Heath, ‘Brexit

119 Bell T, ‘The referendum, livi

121 brexit-and-the-left-behind-thes

123 Katwala S, Rutter J and Balling

125 Stokes B, ‘Euroskepticism bey

Contents Summary Introduction 1 Fea

Introduction 2 France Fear exists i

2 France of reasons. It affects how

2 France impetus that originates in

2 France Another illustration of Fr

2 France Figure 2 Responses by surv

2 France Slightly more French peopl

2 France The situation in Poland, f

2 France Figure 6 Responses by surv

2 France Figure 8 Responses by surv

2 France 2 Elections at a time of p

2 France These results are particul

2 France Figure 11 Responses by sur

2 France One of the parties that is

2 France the idea of ‘plain speak

2 France The fact that these two is

2 France Figure 17 Responses by sur

2 France As in the YouGov survey, D

2 France Conclusion: the need to pu

2 France Notes 1 F Furedi, ‘The p

2 France 15 A de Montigny, ‘Selon

2 France 31 On this topic, see Y Be

2 France urgence-conduit-a-des-abus

Vie Publique, ‘Trente ans de lég

Contents Summary Introduction Metho

3 Germany politicians have difficul

3 Germany among the German public s

Methodology 3 Germany To further th

3 Germany Figure 1 Areas represente

3 Germany Taking a closer look at t

3 Germany When looking at all the c

3 Germany with different demographi

3 Germany Figure 7 Fears of respond

3 Germany feeling of insecurity ont

3 Germany Insight 3: Concerns about

3 Germany of the politicians interv

3 Germany Figure 11 Fears of respon

3 Germany I haven’t heard anyone

3 Germany Figure 13 Fears of respon

3 Germany issues that are the EU’

3 Germany are able to draw on compa

Conclusions 3 Germany Using the lat

3 Germany concerns and alleviating

3 Germany Provide avenues for knowl

3 Germany public-elite comparisons

3 Germany ·· €1,351-1,660 ··

3 Germany ·· Q5. Which of the fol

3 Germany a Angela Merkel b The Ger

3 Germany 6 T Lochocki, The Unstopp

3 Germany European Parliament, Stan

Contents Introduction 1 Migration,

4 Spain 1 Migration, economic crisi

4 Spain During the rapid economic e

4 Spain Figure 4 GDP (adjusted for

4 Spain Figure 8 Household expendit

4 Spain In short, high levels of mi

4 Spain of them also illiberal, wer

4 Spain Figure 9 The proportion of

4 Spain This Europeanism presents i

4 Spain Table 3 The views of respon

4 Spain The acceptance of globalisa

4 Spain Figure 13 The views of resp

4 Spain Increased acceptance of dif

4 Spain Table 7 The percentage of r

4 Spain Figure 15 Views of responde

4 Spain Table 9 The extent to which

4 Spain Table 10 Respondents’ vie

4 Spain are most inclined to vote f

4 Spain 3 Electoral and party polit

4 Spain The extreme right was disco

4 Spain towns, although none of the

4 Spain emphasising unity and the l

4 Spain cradles of successful natio

4 Spain of the population supportin

4 Spain Appendix 2: Results of the

4 Spain Total (%) Partido Popular (

4 Spain Total (%) Partido Popular (

4 Spain Total (%) Partido Popular (

4 Spain Total (%) Partido Popular (

4 Spain Total (%) Partido Popular (

4 Spain Total (%) Partido Popular (

4 Spain Notes 1 Jose Pablo Martíne

4 Spain Material deprivation covers

4 Spain 23 European Commission, Sta

4 Spain See Centro de Investigacion

4 Spain European Commission, ‘Pub

401 exclusively of people with a ci

403 Table 3 confirms the findings i

405 Summary and discussion During 2

407 rhetoric of the Christian Democ

409 6 Migrationsverket, ‘Asylsök

411 22 H Oscarsson and A Bergström

413 37 P Mouritsen and TV Olsen,

415 References ‘Historiskt högt

417 Jenkins R, Social Identity, Lon

419 Regeringskansliet, ‘Regeringe

7 Responding to the politics of fea

423 Introduction This project has i

425 In responding to the current fe

427 in facilitated discussion to es

429 2 Reconnect ‘political elites

431 background is also central to r

433 Boost the accountability of EU

435 3 Make the case for openness an

437 communities and country’s pla

439 1.8 million signatures, predomi

441 4 Counter post-truth narratives

443 organisation’ 30 - including

445 - whether through public policy

447 8 C Malmström, ‘Shaping glob

449 24 J Haidt, ‘The ethics of gl

451 References Arthur J and Kristj

453 European Ombudsman, ‘Ombudsma

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