| The Road to Somewhere: The Populist Revolt and the Future of Politics Contributor(s): Goodhart, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 1787382680 ISBN-13: 9781787382688 Publisher: Hurst & Co. OUR PRICE: $14.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Commentary & Opinion - Political Science | World - General - Political Science | Political Ideologies - General |
| Dewey: 320.566 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.6" W x 8.5" (0.80 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1990's - Chronological Period - 21st Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A robust and timely investigation into the political and moral fault-lines that divide Brexit Britain and Trump's America -- and how a new settlement may be achieved. Several decades of greater economic and cultural openness in the West have not benefited all our citizens. Among those who have been left behind, a populist politics of culture and identity has successfully challenged the traditional politics of Left and Right, creating a new division: between the mobile achieved identity of the people from Anywhere, and the marginalized, roots-based identity of the people from Somewhere. This schism accounts for the Brexit vote, the election of Donald Trump, the decline of the center-left, and the rise of populism across Europe. David Goodhart's compelling investigation of the new global politics reveals how the Somewhere backlash is a democratic response to the dominance of Anywhere interests, in everything from mass higher education to mass immigration. |