“Othering” by Consent? Public Attitudes to Covid-19 Restrictions and the Role of the Police in Managing Compliance in England

Inkpen, R., Ghaemmaghami, A., Newiss, G., Smith, P., Charman, S., Bennett, S. J. and Ilett, C. (2023) “Othering” by Consent? Public Attitudes to Covid-19 Restrictions and the Role of the Police in Managing Compliance in England. The Sociological Quarterly, 64 (2). pp. 205-226. ISSN 1533-8525

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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to consider the relationship between an emergent decay of social trust created by the Covid-19 pandemic and the formation of “in” and “out” groups. Data from 37 extensive semi-structured interviews with members of the public in England found that identifying the “other” through normative conceptions of “security and order” was used by participants to legitimize their own presence within the “in” group, while self-reported compliance with restrictions was used to construct identities to be in line with that of the “in” group. These findings have important implications both for social trust within and between communities and toward the police.

Publication Type: Articles
Additional Information: This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Uncontrolled Keywords: Sociology, Political Science, Othering; Covid-19; policing; compliance; in-groups, coronavirus, pandemic
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
K Law > K5000 Criminal law and procedure
Divisions: Academic Areas > Institute of Education, Social and Life Sciences > Psychology
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Depositing User: Publications Router Jisc
Date Deposited: 04 Apr 2023 09:57
Last Modified: 04 Apr 2023 09:57
URI: https://eprints.chi.ac.uk/id/eprint/6776

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