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...divisions vastly exceeding racial ones emerged over whether it is racist rather than racially self-interested for whites to want less immigration. Jon Haidt notes that group loyalty is part of conservative, but not liberal, moral psychology – and Figures 2 and 3 clearly show that Trump and Clinton voters, regardless of race, divide sharply over whether favoring one’s...

...division. The 2017 General Election showed that whilst Brexit may be in many people's minds, it is not the only thing they care about. In the General Election, people's party political allegiances re-affirmed themselves with a clear division between Labour and Conservative visions of the UK's future. Whilst it is true that, broadly speaking, leavers are more likely to...

...divisive campaign has resonated with white voters who feel threatened by the growing diversity of the country. Those voters tend to be concentrated in states with large minority populations, which is why Trump has run so well in those states. Consequently, when you combine New York’s size with its diversity, the state was a perfect match for Clinton and Trump. And the...

...divisions which are opening up. Owen Jones, the author of Chavs: The Demonisation of the Working Class, and the Open University's senior lecturer in Gerry Mooney, join Geoff Andrews in discussion below. Listen Read Geoff Andrews: The language of poverty has changed in recent years. Politicians and those involved in public policy have used language to demonise the poor in...

...division of labour, that is, the degree to which workers divide tasks between themselves. The rest of his classic text is dedicated to describing the effect of increasing productivity on the development of markets and economic growth: The greatest improvement in the productive powers of labour, and the greater part of the skill, dexterity, and judgement with which it is...