Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
In U.S. and UK, Globalization Leaves Some Feeling ‘Left Behind’ or ‘Swept Up’
Retail business growth was lower on high streets than in other areas
Embed
Infographic Gallery
- In U.S. and UK, Globalization Leaves Some Feeling ‘Left Behind’ or ‘Swept Up’
- Panel groups
- Retail employment was lower on high streets than other areas across all regions
- Retail business growth was lower on high streets than in other areas
- Focus groups in U.S. and UK expose divide between those who view globalization as zero-sum competition and those who see new possibilities for cooperation
- 2016 U.S. election, Brexit referendum surfaced feelings of alienation among focus group participants, whether or not they supported immigration, global engagement
- Focus groups reveal reasons some Americans and Britons feel threatened by cultural diversity
- Focus groups in U.S. and UK: Common frames for talking about national identity
- In U.S. and UK focus groups, those ‘left behind’ and ‘swept up’ both feel sense of loss due to globalization
- UK focus group participants feel impact of declining ‘high streets’ differently, yet some experiences overlap
- Focus group participants found it easier to illustrate than define globalization