A crucial new guide to one of the most important phenomena of our time- the rise of populism in the West.
Roger Eatwell is Emeritus Professor of Politics at the University
of Bath. He has published widely on fascism and populism, including
Fascism- a History.
Matthew J. Goodwin is Professor of Politics at the University of
Kent and a Senior Fellow at Chatham House. He has published five
books, including Brexit- Why Britain Voted to Leave the European
Union and the Paddy Power Political Book of the Year 2015 (for
Revolt on the Right- Explaining Support for the Radical Right in
Britain). He writes regularly for The New York Times, the Financial
Times and Politico, and has worked with more than 200 organisations
on issues relating to political volatility in the West. He lives in
London.
Compelling ... Eatwell and Goodwin do a good job of demolishing
lazy stereotypes about Trump and Brexit supporters being almost
exclusively white and old ... Measured and insightful
*Sunday Telegraph*
A fascinating new study ... the authors analyse the long-term
demographic and socioeconomic trends shaping our age of upheaval.
The attraction of this book lies in its cool, dispassionate tone.
The authors intend to explain and inform rather than polemicise
*The Sunday Times*
Intelligent, counterintuitive ... [ranging] far beyond Brexit and
Britain ... they put a parochial debate in a much bigger
context
*Economist*
Valuable ... A finely organised, lucid explanation of the elements
presently constituting the most dynamic political movements in
Europe and the US
*Financial Times*
A useful corrective... it demolishes the myth that young people
aren't attracted to the populist right
*The Sunday Times*
A reality check to any clinging to the hope that populism is a
passing political squall ... Goodwin is one of the few academics to
be vindicated by the political trends of the past few years. With a
forensic grasp of the detail, Eatwell and Goodwin show how
commentators have succumbed to "stereotypes that correspond with
their outlook" rather than evidence-based conclusions
*Telegraph*
Convincing, powerful and very definitely worth a read
*Robert Colvile, Director of CPS Think Tank*
An important and stimulating book .. well written, well argued,
highly accessible to the lay reader, and mercifully free of
political science jargon ... it leaves room for optimism for the
future of our country
*Progress*
An invaluable guide to the new politics of revolt ... Eatwell and
Goodwin draw attention to the historic problem that liberalism has
faced in accepting democracy. They give us the theoretical
framework to understand national populism's rise ... Compelling
*Spiked*
Informative and often compelling, providing clarity around a number
of key debates within political science and political theory [...]
Usefully, they provide copious evidence that rightwing populism has
been a long time in the making.
*Guardian*
Unlike other authors, they do not write to warn and condemn, but to
understand the movement ... Populist leaders are confrontational,
mendacious and ruthless -- but those who follow them need to have
their fears, resentments and beliefs addressed
*Reuters*
Superb ... one of the best of the post-Trump analyses
*Tim Stanley*
A provocative book, well worth reading
*Moneyweek*
Eatwell and Goodwin rightly point out that the UK's political and
economic system is, for many people, broken
*The National*
Readers may feel threatened by a rising tide of populism, but what,
exactly, is it? National Populism offers penetrating and
emancipating answers
*The Times Literary Supplement, Books of the Year 2019*
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