The roots of populism : neoliberalism and working-class lives / Brian Elliott.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Elliott, Brian, 1969- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Populism.

Political science--Philosophy.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : digital file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2021.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

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Summary:

Does the current wave of populism constitute a threat to or promise for democracy? What has led to the emergence of populism and to what extent can populism be shaped into a program of progressive reform of democracy today? In this timely book, Brian Elliott takes a long view on populism, tracing its presence to the seminal struggles waged by the British workers' movement of the nineteenth century to gain general enfranchisement. Since the emergence of neoliberalism in the UK in the early 1980s, he argues, the interests of the working class have become progressively more marginalised within mainstream politics. Years of austerity politics following the financial crash of 2008 deepened popular disenchantment with the political class and paved to the way for the 2016 Brexit referendum result. This has precipitated a crisis of British democracy.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Introduction

Populism and popular sovereignty: paradoxes of democracy

Democracy and the working class

The invention of working-class culture

Work and the working class now

The politics of work

Conclusion

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

9781526136985

1526136988

OCLC:

1252845442