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A Primordial Attachment to the Nation? French and Irish Workers and Trade Unions in Past EU Referendum Debates

“…But by virtue of their position in objective social space, social actors’ points of views of social reality can acquire a ‘truly real power of construction’ (Bourdieu : 18). For this reason, one cannot explain the higher inclination of workers to vote no in EU Treaty referendums without a concomitant analysis of the perception of this reality by agents that possess particular ‘symbolic power’ to interpret reality, namely policy‐makers, journalists, but also trade unionists and social scientists themselves (Bourdieu : 23; Gombin and Hubé ).…”