Michael is a lecturer in Media & Culture at the University of East Anglia and author of the 2012 book, National Belonging and Everyday Life.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKStop sneering at Leave voters. They knew exactly what they were doing.
People voted to leave the EU because they know that their politics is broken. It's time to fix it.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKThe one thing that we really, really need to say about race…
There seemed to be one obvious thing missing from Channel 4's much discussed programme: namely, that 'race' doesn't...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKEngland, we have a problem
Increasing English identification over Britishness poses a number of potential problems that need addressing, not...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKTales of one city: London, super-diversity and the paradox of belonging
It is time to stop name calling and try to reach a better understanding of people's attitudes to belonging, home,...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKFarage is right - it's not just the economy, stupid!
The immigration debate is about more than jobs and taxes; it is about the small everyday changes that people feel...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKOlder, anxious and white: why UKIP are the English Tea Party
UKIP addresses many of the anxieties that are surfacing within the UK, but what kind of social groups are they...