‘Left Behind’ Local Economies and Perceived Community Representation

• In Event: The Origins of Attitudes about Poverty and Inequality

Brief Overview

Using the UK as a test case, and with a ground-up approach to the ‘local’, I find discontent with community representation is increased by a poor local economy (real and perceived) and by feeling one's area is 'left behind' by the national economy.

Author

• Lawrence McKay, University of Manchester