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Author:
Ricci, David M. author.
Title:
A political science manifesto for the age of populism : challenging growth, markets, inequality and resentment / David M. Ricci.
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press,
Copyright Date:
2020
Description:
x, 245 pages ; 23 cm
Subject:
Populism--United States--History--21st century.
Economics--Political aspects--United States.
United States--Politics and government--21st century.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Summary:
Populism and authoritarian-populist parties have surged in the 21st century. In the United States, Donald Trump appears to have become the poster president for the surge. David M. Ricci, in this call to arms, thinks Trump is symptomatic of the changes that have caused a crisis among Americans - namely, mass economic and creative destruction: automation, outsourcing, deindustrialization, globalization, privatization, financialization, digitalization, and the rise of temporary jobs - all breeding resentment, which then breeds populism. Rather than dwelling on symptoms, Ricci focuses on the root of our nation's problems. Thus, creative destruction, aiming at perpetual economic growth, encouraged by neoliberalism, creates the economic inequality that fuels resentment and leads to increased populism, putting democracy at rick. Ricci urges political scientists to highlight this destruction meaningfully and substantively, to use empirical realism to put human beings back into politics. Ricci's sensible argument conveys a sense of political urgency, grappling with real-world problems and working to transform abstract speculations into tangible, useful tools. The result is a passionate book, important not only to political scientists, but to anyone who cares about public life.
ISBN:
1108743056
9781108743051
1108479421
9781108479424
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1114354511
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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