The impact of local identities on voting behaviour: a Scouse case study

IF 1.1 3区社会学 Q3 POLITICAL SCIENCE

British Politics Pub Date : 2023-09-21 DOI:10.1057/s41293-023-00242-1

David Jeffery

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Abstract

Abstract The political salience of local identities has received limited academic attention in the British political science literature. This paper is a step towards addressing this, through a case study of the Scouse identity. The Scouse identity is primarily found in the English city of Liverpool, Merseyside and its environs. Using original survey data of electors from across Merseyside, alongside the British Election Study, this paper explores the political salience and consequences of the Scouse identity and places it in the comparative context of sub-state national identities across Great Britain, namely Englishness, Scottishness, and Welshness. I find that holding a Scouse identity leads to higher levels of Labour support and lower levels of Conservative and Green support, that the political consequences of the Scouse identity vary across Merseyside, and that local identities can and do exist alongside sub-state national identities, challenging the myth of ‘Scouse not English’. Put simply, local identities can and do matter when it comes to shaping voting behaviour.

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地方认同对投票行为的影响:一个利物浦案例研究

摘要在英国政治科学文献中，地方认同的政治显著性受到了有限的学术关注。本文通过对利物浦身份的案例研究，朝着解决这个问题迈出了一步。利物浦人的身份主要见于英格兰城市利物浦、默西塞德郡及其周边地区。本文利用默西塞德郡各地选民的原始调查数据，以及英国选举研究，探讨了利物浦身份的政治重要性和后果，并将其置于大不列颠次州民族身份的比较背景下，即英格兰性、苏格兰性和威尔士性。我发现，持有利物浦身份会导致工党获得更高水平的支持，保守党和绿党获得更低水平的支持，利物浦身份的政治后果在默西塞德郡各不相同，而且地方身份可以而且确实与次州的民族身份并存，挑战了“利物浦人不是英格兰人”的神话。简而言之，当涉及到塑造投票行为时，地方身份可以而且确实很重要。

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British Politics POLITICAL SCIENCE-

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2.40

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9.10%

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期刊介绍： British Politics offers the only forum explicitly designed to promote research in British political studies, and seeks to provide a counterweight to the growing fragmentation of this field during recent years. To this end, the journal aims to promote a more holistic understanding of British politics by encouraging a closer integration between theoretical and empirical research, between historical and contemporary analyses, and by fostering a conception of British politics as a broad and multi-disciplinary field of study. This incorporates a range of sub-fields, including psephology, policy analysis, regional studies, comparative politics, institutional analysis, political theory, political economy, historical analysis, cultural studies and social policy. While recognising the validity and the importance of research into specific aspects of British politics, the journal takes it to be a guiding principle that such research is more useful, and indeed meaningful, if it is related to the field of British politics in a broader and fuller sense. The scope of the journal will therefore be broad, incorporating a range of research papers and review articles from all theoretical perspectives, and on all aspects of British politics, including policy developments, institutional change and political behaviour. Priority will, however, be given to contributions which link contemporary developments in British politics to theoretical and/or historical analyses. The aim is as much to encourage the development of empirical research that is theoretically rigorous and informed, as it is to encourage the empirical application of theoretical work (or at least to encourage theorists to explicitly signify how their work could be applied in an empirical manner).