The issues surrounding changes in voting behaviour and the shifts in what people consider important in society have implications for almost all the sociology topics you will be studying.
One issue that is prevalent in almost all European countries, and the USA, is the fear of migrants and what some people see as an uncontrolled and unstoppable flow of ‘outsiders’—people markedly different from themselves. For some, it is their very identity and culture that is under threat from incomers with different religions, customs, languages and attitudes. The fear of migrants has led voters across Europe to elect leaders with policies that curtail civil liberties and free speech as a means of ‘protecting’ citizens from the perceived threat of mass immigration.
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