Crimmigration as electoral strategy: the case of Brexit
Immigration has become an election weapon. Some politicians disseminate a negative image of immigration to improve their electoral chances in several contexts. Rhetorically linking immigration to crime was a strategy utilized to gain political advantage during Brexit referendum. In this paper, we...
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| Language: | English |
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2020
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| Online Access: | https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=7850347 |
| Source: | Revista Española de Investigación Criminológica: REIC, ISSN 1696-9219, Nº. 18, 2, 2020 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Inmigración, delincuencia y control penal) |
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Immigration has become an election weapon. Some politicians disseminate a negative image
of immigration to improve their electoral chances in several contexts. Rhetorically linking
immigration to crime was a strategy utilized to gain political advantage during Brexit
referendum. In this paper, we analysed front pages of British broadsheet newspapers and
tabloids and their references to immigration in the two months preceding the referendum. We
studied how these references were linked to crime and the evolution of the surveys and polls.
Furthermore, we comparatively analysed the presence of immigration on front pages with
other periods of time, both before and after that campaign. As a conclusion, we have been
able to establish that Brexiters focused on immigration -mainly crimmigration- as a key
element to win the referendum. |
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