National Populism

The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy (A Pelican Book)

De: Matthew Goodwin, Roger Eatwell

Narrado por: Matthew Goodwin

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of National Populism: The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy, a Pelican Book, written by Roger Eatwell and Matthew Goodwin and read by Matthew Goodwin.

A crucial new guide to one of the most urgent political phenomena of our time: the rise of national populism.

Across the West, there is a rising tide of people who feel excluded, alienated from mainstream politics and increasingly hostile towards minorities, immigrants and neoliberal economics. Many of these voters are turning to national populist movements, which have begun to change the face of Western liberal democracy, from the United States to France, Austria to the UK.

This radical turn, we are told, is a last howl of rage from an aging electorate on the verge of extinction. Their leaders are fascistic and their politics antidemocratic, their existence a sideshow to liberal democracy.

But this version of events, as Roger Eatwell and Matthew Goodwin show, could not be further from the truth.

Written by two of the foremost experts on fascism and the rise of national populism, this lucid and deeply researched audiobook is a vital guide to our transformed political landscape. Challenging conventional wisdoms, Eatwell and Goodwin make a compelling case for serious, respectful engagement with the supporters and ideas of national populism - not least because it is a tide that won't be stemmed anytime soon.

©2019 Matthew Goodwin and Roger Eatwell (P)2019 Penguin Audio

Nuanced and data-backed analysis of populism

Clearly charts the way in which mainstream politics has swung to the right. The authors identify the different strands of anxiety and pushback against the effects of globalisation, and against both neoliberal and progressive left agendas. Rapid societal change and perceived or relative inequality, coupled with political disengagement (both a supply and demand problem), have opened up a gap in which far right groups gain the upper hand by tampering their extreme views and adopting populist outlooks which respond to the concerns of the majority. However in the effort to draw out the nuances - that not all voting along conservative and right wing lines are racist - I do feel the authors also perform a kind of glossy apologetics for social and cultural anxieties that manifest in exceptionalist ways allowing majoritarian denial of the lived reality of other groups in their space.

A well-balanced view

This book provides a well-balanced, non-judgmental view of national populism. It is well researched and draws from a variety national populist movements over the last thirty years. Anyone interested in better understanding current political currents should read.

Very repetitive

The book read like an ok graduate thesis. Very repetitive. The author keeps saying the same thing in every chapter. Seems that he is saying the obvious. The book offers little if any examination of the differences between national populist movements in Europe at the moment. Worst of all is the extremely boring amd monotonous reading.