ABSTRACT
Brexit is an interesting sociological study of major societal change and institutional transition as it is of a major reorientation in political consciousness. A sociologically more plausible explanation for Brexit is that it is an expression of divided societies. Brexit has Social and cultural differentiation expressed and at the same time contributed to societal divisions, which, to sum up, play out along three lines: labour v capital, radical cultural pluralism v techno-conservatism, and cosmopolitanism v national populism. The Brexit phenomenon is an interesting example of how democracy can challenge capitalism to the point of being an affront to the interests of capitalism. Capitalism must adjust to political orders in which democracy sets limits to economic forces; democracy must also reconcile itself to the existence of capitalism. The assertion of democracy voices a critique of capitalism and by implication a model of European integration that has given greater emphasis to capitalism in the form of the single market.
