… If we are to prevail in overcoming the politics of grievance, we must first reckon that populism did not materialize from thin air. It is based on a fact: As globalization intensified during the past two decades, the middle classes in the industrialized world experienced stagnant incomes. The inward […] Read more »
Right-Wing Populism Is Prevailing in Left-Wing Strongholds Around the World
Across the postindustrial world, the populist right is excelling in the old bastions of the left. If there is a lesson for the United States in the decision by British voters to exit the European Union, it is the importance of the emerging split between the beneficiaries of multicultural globalism […] Read more »
Brexit, ‘Regrexit,’ and the impact of political ignorance
Since last week’s Brexit vote, new evidence has emerged suggesting that the result many have been influenced by widespread political ignorance. … Preelection survey data indicates that many voters were significantly misinformed about many of the issues at stake in the Brexit debate. And the direction of these errors largely […] Read more »
A less than United Kingdom
The EU referendum has revealed an ancient, jagged fault line across the United Kingdom. It is a scar that has sliced through conventional politics and traditional social structures, and it is far from clear whether the kingdom can still call itself united. The referendum was ostensibly about membership of the […] Read more »
From ‘Brexit’ To Trump, Nationalist Movements Gain Momentum Around World
… “This is not a unique phenomenon to the United States, and 2016 is not a short moment that will pass,” says Yascha Mounk, who teaches political theory at Harvard University and has studied the rise of nationalist movements. “This is a real populist turn that has been happening for […] Read more »
‘Had enough of experts’: Why Britain is leaving the EU
When Vote Leave campaigner Michael Gove said that ‘people in this country have had enough of experts’ he was expressing the argument of populists everywhere. Today, as Britain and the world tries to interpret this unexpected victory, it is clear that nativist instincts and pent-up anti-elitist resentment can secure victory […] Read more »