The identity of <scp>Brexit</scp>: <scp>A</scp> cultural psychology analysis

Veltri, Giuseppe; Redd, Rozlyn; Mannarini, Terri; Salvatore, Sergio

doi:10.1002/casp.2378

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“…The lack of relevance of socio-economic status suggests that identity issues that intersect multiple diverse social groups prevails over socio-economic motives in shaping electoral choices. A similar pattern was found also in a UK study on the Brexit referendum (Veltri et al 2019). Authors tested the hypothesis that UK regions with a higher proportion of Leave vote could be differentiated from those with lower proportion based on the different distribution of symbolic universes.…”

Section: Do Sociodemographic Variables Explain Social Behaviour More Than Culturalsupporting

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The Pluralism of the Cultural Milieu

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Culture in Policy Making: The Symbolic Universes of Social Action

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Human variability manifests itself in many forms, and cultural pluralism, which is one of these forms, is the theme of this chapter. However, before dealing with cultural pluralism, we need to frame it within the intellectual, scientific, and political debate developed in the last few decades on difference and diversity. Indeed, difference and diversity have become key topics both in the intellectual debate and in the political agenda of democratic regimes, as civil rights of minorities and multiculturalism have increased in visibility, voice, and complexity.The debate on multiculturalism is an interesting example of how to conceive of differences and diversity. Multiculturalism has been criticised for many reasons: emphasis on cultural difference and disregard of common values, radical cultural relativism, a notion of culture as a static essence, motivation to segregation and social fragmentation (Vertovec and Wessendorf 2010). Two main issues emerge from the debate, relevant both to the academic and the policy level. One is about how to deal with differences embodied by indigenous and national minorities and immigrant groups; the other is about the effects of diversity on society.The first issue has to do with different accounts of multiculturalism, which imply different notions of culture and of difference/diversity. Indeed, there is no one straightforward version of multiculturalism, but different versions of it, at least three, according to Levrau and Loobuyck (2018). The liberal egalitarian account claims that individuals, not groups, are entitled to rights, and that differences and pluralism are not about culture; cultural minorities should not be granted special cultural rights (Barry 2001), but should be treated on the universalistic basis of equal treatment: recognition of diversity is inversely proportional to social unity. A second account, proposed by communitarians such as Taylor (1992), acknowledges and emphasises cultural groups' diversity and moral authority, and considers cultures as the basis for significant group identity. The third account regards multiculturalism as connected to the development of new models of democratic citizenship, based on human rights ideals; contrary to the first account, cultural group rights can be granted-if they are

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Section: Do Sociodemographic Variables Explain Social Behaviour More Than Culturalsupporting

confidence: 64%

The Pluralism of the Cultural Milieu

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Culture in Policy Making: The Symbolic Universes of Social Action

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“…Several studies have highlighted the role played by symbolic universes in motivating and channelling social and political behaviour. They proved to orient voting behavior both in Italy [36] and at the Brexit referendum [37]; again, they proved to be associated with the way relevant topics (immigration, Islam, homosexuality, health, participation and democracy, subjectivity) are represented in newspapers [38] as well as with the attitude towards vaccination [39]. Moreover, symbolic universes show different levels of trust in institutions, preference for in-group over out-group members, sense of community, perceived quality of the interpersonal bond, attitudes towards foreigners, adhesion to universalist versus self-centered values [35,40] r Acronym δ G1,r δ G2,r δ G3,r δ G4,r δ G5,r Taken as a whole, the findings reported above provide convergent support to the conclusion that the map of symbolic universes supplies a reliable way of measuring the three parameters of ECHO-EGN which embed cultural pluralism.…”

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The Dynamics of Cooperation in Society. The ECHO-EGN Model

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Understanding the dynamics of cooperative behavior of individuals in complex societies represents a fundamental research question which puzzles scientists working in heterogeneous fields. Many studies have been developed using the unitary agent assumption, which embeds the idea that when making decisions, individuals share the same socio-cultural parameters. In this paper, we propose the ECHO-EGN model, based on Evolutionary Game Theory, which relaxes this strong assumption by considering the heterogeneity of three fundamental socio-cultural aspects ruling the behavior of groups of people: the propensity to be more cooperative with members of the same group (Endogamy), the propensity to cooperate with the public domain (Civicness) and the propensity to prefer connections with members of the same group (Homophily). The ECHO-EGN model is shown to have high performance in describing real world behavior of interacting individuals living in complex environments. Extensive numerical experiments allowing the comparison of real data and model simulations confirmed that the introduction of the above mechanisms enhances the realism in the modelling of cooperation dynamics. Additionally, theoretical findings allow us to conclude that Endogamy may limit significantly the emergence of cooperation.

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“…Indeed, these two symbolic universes have proved to be associated with openness to diversity, trust in institutions, flexible cognitive modes, self‐efficacy, and sense of justice (Salvatore et al, ) . Following studies have shown that semiotic capital is associated with Remain vote in the recent Brexit referendum (Veltri, Redd, Mannarini, & Salvatore, ) and preference for political parties belonging to the traditional left–right political spectrum versus populist parties Mannarini, Rochira and colleagues (submitted). In sum, semiotic capital can be intended as the antagonist of the enemization of otherness – it enables a more articulated, multidimensional view of the reality, reducing the tendency to overcome the complexity of the globalized world through its assimilation to the foe/friend schema.…”

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“…Veltri et al () showed that the 6 UK macroregions with a high proportion of leave votes at the Brexit referendum differed from the 6 macroregion with lower levels of leave by reason of a a specific profile of symbolic universes and underpinning lines of semiotic forces (cf. § 5).…”

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From the manifestations of culture to the underlying sensemaking process. The contribution of semiotic cultural psychology theory to the interpretation of socio‐political scenario

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Several explanations of the current syndrome affecting advanced democracies make reference to a process of cultural change that has been triggered by the complex and interrelated phenomena known as globalization. The rise of populist‐authoritarian parties, the advent of post‐truth politics and the increasing dissatisfaction with democracy are seen by many political scientists as rather direct consequences of social and economic transformations which had changed the context in which the democratic process takes place. The main limitation of this literature is that it treats culture as a black box receiving inputs from the social context and translate them into political consequences. By doing so it cannot explain why the same conditions produce different consequences in different contexts and it is silent on the criteria to develop anti‐crisis policies. This article argues that some of the insights offered by the Semiotic Cultural Psychology Theory, most notably the idea that cultural evolution is moved by the need to find affect‐laden, simplified interpretations of the reality to restore the capacity of making sense on an uncertain socio‐political context, can enhance the ability of political scientists to understand the current political phenomena and to develop methodological criteria to counteract the current scenario of democratic crisis.

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The identity of Brexit: A cultural psychology analysis

Cited by 30 publications

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The Pluralism of the Cultural Milieu

The Pluralism of the Cultural Milieu

The Dynamics of Cooperation in Society. The ECHO-EGN Model

From the manifestations of culture to the underlying sensemaking process. The contribution of semiotic cultural psychology theory to the interpretation of socio‐political scenario

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