The Rise of the Right: English Nationalism and the Transformation of Working-Class Politics

ISBN-13: 9781447328483 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 216 str.

James (Staffordshire University) Treadwell

Opis

One of the biggest political stories of the past few decades in the United Kingdom and elsewhere has been the growing divide between the working class and the mainstream liberal left, which historically has spoken for them. This book offers a close analysis of that phenomenon by showing how the political scene looks to underemployed white men who have seen their standards of living fall in recent years even as their communities have fractured around them. Rather than cast aspersions or mount arguments about the larger success of society as a whole, The Rise of the Right takes these men and their concerns seriously, showing where their opinions are factually wrong but arguing powerfully that liberal politics must find a way of acknowledging and addressing their legitimate fears and frustrations.

Spis treści

Introduction; Dead Politics; The Fickle Parent; Redundant; The Hated Centre; The Scapegoat; Mourning and Melancholia in the EDL; Conclusion: Begin from the Beginning; Postscript - Brexit.