Why Do Pub Closures Boost Radical Right Support?

Community Pubs DatasetWorking Class ConditionUK Panel Data (2013–2016)European Politics CPS 4 Stata files 3 datasets Dataverse

This paper argues that local pub closures increase support for UKIP by signaling the decline of community and cultural identity.

## Data & Methods

* Exploits an original dataset on British community pub closures.

* Combines district-level data with UK panel data (2013â€“2016).

## Key Findings

* Individuals in districts experiencing one additional community pub closure are 4.3 percentage points more likely to support UKIP than other parties.

* The effect is larger under conditions of material deprivation.

## Significance

Pub closures represent a key mechanism linking local socio-cultural degradation and radical right voting behavior.

Article card for article: Drinking Alone: Local Socio-Cultural Degradation and Radical Right Support--the Case of British Pub Closures

Drinking Alone: Local Socio-Cultural Degradation and Radical Right Support--the Case of British Pub Closures was authored by Diane Bolet. It was published by Sage in CPS in 2021.