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 really exist.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKEngland, we have a problemIncreasing English identification over Britishness poses a number of potential problems that need addressing, not least where it leaves England's ethnic minorities who tend to favour Britishness over Englishness.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKTales of one city: London, super-diversity and the paradox of belongingIt is time to stop name calling and try to reach a better understanding of people's attitudes to belonging, home, territory and migration.
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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 are undermining their sense of belonging. It should not be left to UKIP alone to speak on these issues.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKOlder, anxious and white: why UKIP are the English Tea PartyUKIP addresses many of the anxieties that are surfacing within the UK, but what kind of social groups are they satisfying with their policies?