The road to somewhere
Subtitle: the populist revolt and the future of politics
By: David Goodhart
Publisher: Hurst & Company
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9781849047999
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Populism; Political participation; History
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-263) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1: The Great Divide. A journey from Anywhere; title: 2: Anywheres and Somewheres. The decline (but survival) of traditional values ; Higher education and mobility ; The great liberalisation ; The outriders; title: 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; title: 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; title: 5: A foreign country?. The immigration story ; What about integration? ; The London conceit; title: 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; title: 7. The achievement society. What is actually happening on mobility? ; Making it into the elite; title: 8. What about the family?. More state, less family ; What do women want? ; Supporting partnerships in an age of male-female equality; title: 9. A new settlement. Somewheres are not going anywhere ; Giving Somewheres a voice.