Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library

The road to somewhere, the populist revolt and the future of politics, David Goodhart

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-263) and index

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non fiction

The road to somewhere

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978378852

David Goodhart

the populist revolt and the future of politics

"Greater economic and cultural openness in the West has not benefited all of 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 marginalised, roots-based identity of the people from Somewhere. This schism accounts for the Brexit vote, the election of Donald Trump, the decline of the centre-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."--Jacket

1: The Great Divide. A journey from Anywhere -- 2: Anywheres and Somewheres. The decline (but survival) of traditional values ; Higher education and mobility ; The great liberalisation ; The outriders -- 3: European populism and the crisis of the left. Populism goes mainstream ; America and Europe : the populist convergence ; Populist parties : the necessary, the weird and the ugly ; Why populists damage the left most -- 4: Globalisation, Europe and the persistence of the national. A world on the move? ; The globalisation overshoot ; The European tragedy ; The persistence of the national -- 5: A foreign country?. The immigration story ; What about integration? ; The London conceit -- 6. The knowledge economy and economic demoralisation. The disappearing middle ; A short history of education and training ; Living standards and inequality ; Short-termism and foreign ownership -- 7. The achievement society. What is actually happening on mobility? ; Making it into the elite -- 8. What about the family?. More state, less family ; What do women want? ; Supporting partnerships in an age of male-female equality -- 9. A new settlement. Somewheres are not going anywhere ; Giving Somewheres a voice