It’s education, stupid: How globalisation has made education the new political cleavage in Europe

Several recent European elections, as well as the UK’s referendum on Brexit, have produced a clear split in voting choices between citizens with different levels of education. Mark Bovens and Anchrit Wille argue in a new book* that a new political cleavage in Europe has emerged between citizens with high levels of education and those with lower levels of educational attainment, with the former group more likely to support green and liberal parties, and the latter drawn toward nationalism.

* Diploma Democracy. The Rise of Political Meritocracy (OUP, 2017)

Chatham House: Expert Comment, 18.06.18: In Europe, the Split Between Open and Closed Has Not Replaced Traditional Politics https://www.chathamhouse.org/expert/comment/europe-split-between-open-and-closed-has-not-replaced-traditional-politics

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