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Book SynopsisThe Instant New York Times Bestseller now available in paperback!A fast-paced, rollicking, behind-the-scenes account of how the GOP since the 1950s has encouraged and exploited extremism, bigotry, and paranoia to gain power, American Psychosis offers readers a brisk, can-you-believe-it journey through the netherworld of far-right irrationality and the Republican Party's interactions with the darkest forces in America. In a compelling and thoroughly-researched narrative, Corn reveals the hidden history of how the Party of Lincoln forged alliances with extremists, kooks, racists, and conspiracy-mongers and fostered fear, anger, and resentment to win elections-and how this led to Donald Trump's triumph and the transformation of the GOP into a Trump personality cult that foments and bolsters the crazy and dangerous excesses of the right.The Trump-incited insurrectionist attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, was no aberration. American Psychosis shows it was a continuation of the long and deep-rooted Republican practice of boosting and weaponizing the rage and derangement of the right.The gripping tale in American Psychosis covers the last seven decades. From McCarthyism to the John Birch Society to segregationists to the New Right to the religious right to Rush Limbaugh to Newt Gingrich to the militia movement to Fox News to Sarah Palin to the Tea Party to Trumpism, the Republican Party has deliberately nurtured and exploited right-wing fear and loathing fuelled by paranoia, grievance, and tribalism. This powerful and important account explains how one political party has harnessed the worst elements in politics to poison the nation's discourse and threaten American democracy."[Corn is] a great journalist. I love the way he thinks. I love the way he writes. I'm so glad he's done a super-readable, modern history of the right...We just need smart, digestible history about this stuff right now...[American Psychosis] is perfectly timed...Relevant history for where we are right now." -Rachel Maddow, host, The Rachel Maddow Show"With American Psychosis, David Corn 'did the full homework to take us all the way back to where it really begins.'" -Lawrence O'Donnell, host, The Last Word

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Book SynopsisTo try to get a clearer picture of what the real Ronald Reagan legacy is, in this book Marcus Witcher details conservatives' frequently tense relationship with Ronald Reagan in the 1980s and explores how they created the latter-day Reagan myth.Trade ReviewThe legend is that Ronald Reagan unified the GOP and led it to a long string of successes. This outstanding book tells the true story, which is far more complex and fascinating. With depth, balance, and subtlety, Witcher explains how Reagan went from being the leader of a fractious party to a symbol of its aspirations. Getting Right with Reagan makes a major contribution to the study of American political history, offering rich insights into the history and political uses of the Reagan myth." - John J. Pitney, Jr., Roy P. Crocker Professor of Politics, Claremont McKenna College"Marcus Witcher has written a bold and provocative book. Not everyone will be persuaded by his revisionist portrayal of President Reagan as a ‘pragmatist,’ or by Witcher’s contention that conservative ‘purists’ since the 1980s have constructed an idealized and mythical Reagan who owed his success to an unbending devotion to conservative principles. But readers of this volume will gain a deeper appreciation of Reagan’s immense and continuing impact on the mental landscape of the American Right." - George H. Nash, author of The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America since 1945"The American conservative movement’s adoration for Ronald Reagan is seemingly limitless and only seems to grow with each passing decade. Yet Reagan was not the unwavering standard-bearer of conservative purity that his contemporary admirers imagine-though his pragmatism and flexibility were reasons for his success. In this valuable study, Marcus Witcher provides a more nuanced picture of Reagan’s presidency, explains how conservative views of the fortieth president evolved in the years that followed, and shows the consequences of the mythical Reagan." - George Hawley, author of Right-Wing Critics of American Conservatism"Marcus M. Witcher’s Getting Right with Reagan is a brilliant analysis of the US conservative revolution of the 1980s and beyond. It’s essential reading for anybody interested in the Cold War and the American political system. Highly recommended!" - Douglas Brinkley, Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and professor of history at Rice University and author of American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space RaceTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: The Evolution of Conservatives' Perception of ReaganPart I: Conservative Frustration with Reagan, 1945-19881. The Origins and Evolution of Reagan's Economic Policies2. The Battle for Fiscal Conservatism: Supply-Siders vs. Budget Hawks3. The Origins of the New Right and the Seeds of Future Frustrations4. The Battle for America's Soul: Conservative Disillusion with Reagan on Social Issues5. AIDS, the New Right and Reagan's Response6. Neoconservatives, the New Right, and Reagan's First Two Years of Foreign Policy7. The Year of Fear: Ronald Reagan and the Transformation of America's Foreign Policy8. The Battle for the Cold War: Conservative Frustration with the INF TreatyPart II: The Legacy of Evolving Mythology of President Reagan: 1988-20169. Recasting Reagan: How the Fortieth President Framed His Legacy, 1989-199410. Remembering Reagan: The Reagan Legacy in Conservative Politics, 1994-199611. Memorializing Reagan: Enshrining the Reagan Legacy, 1996-200012. Reinventing Reagan: George W. Bush and the Emergence of the Reagan Myth, 2000-200413. Reconstructing Reagan: How the Conservatives Created a Mythical Reagan, 2004-200814. Resurrecting Reagan: The Tea Party Movement and the Manifestation of the Reagan Myth, 2008-20169Conclusion: Beyond Reagan?NotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisA memoir from one of Richard Nixon’s senior domestic policy advisors. John Roy Price provides firsthand insight into key moments regarding Nixon’s political and policy challenges in the domestic social policy arena.Trade Review"Price's story is more than just a helpful explainer for the more recent thorny and contentious debates over child tax credits. It’s also a portrait of a Republican party that once knew how to broker its own coalition, governing through the power of two wings, a conservative ‘base,’ and an ‘establishment’ leadership."—Law & Liberty"Price’s compelling and persuasive book will be of great interest to those who study domestic policy as well as party politics."—Political Science Quarterly"Contains abundant, telling historical detail and analysis."—Choice "Are you ready for some revisionism? Price’s Nixon was trying to bring the country together. He understood that politics was ‘poetry’—you needed more than good policy positions. But good ones he had. His domestic policies would have ended the financial incentives to break up low-income families and would have kept catastrophic health issues from bankrupting middle-class families. We see Nixon doing the right thing because it is the right thing. This book is thought-provoking from beginning to end."—Nicholas Evan Sarantakes, author of Fan in Chief: Richard Nixon and American Sports, 1969–1974"John Roy Price’s The Last Liberal Republican is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the Nixon presidency as well as the presidential/congressional relationship as it relates to domestic policymaking. Price’s memoir not only explains the domestic policy agenda during a seminal point in American history but also shows how a Republican president worked with a Democratic Congress to revise and expand parts of the New Deal and Great Society agendas. Price’s ability to illustrate the policy battles as they played out on the political frontlines makes this book essential reading."—Lori Cox Han, author of Advising Nixon: The White House Memos of Patrick J. Buchanan"For all those who thought there was nothing more—nothing new—to say about Richard Nixon, John Roy Price has a surprise, and an important one. Here is a Nixon seldom seen, a Nixon leaning left even as he moved the Republicans right, a Nixon worried about his place in history even as he was soiling his place in history. No biography of the thirty-seventh president written in the remainder of this century can be unaffected by this vital and indispensable book."—David Shribman, Pulitzer Prize–winning nationally syndicated columnist and former executive editor, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette"John Roy Price’s The Last Liberal Republican is an indispensable memoir about working the domestic policy beat for President Richard Nixon. Price writes well, has commanding knowledge of the era, and is determined to set the historical record straight. I consider it a gift to Cold War–era scholarship. Highly recommended!"—Douglas Brinkley, Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and professor of history, Rice University, and coeditor of The Nixon Tapes"Not so very long ago the Republican Party was the home of serious policy thinkers and doers who believed in the power of the federal government to improve American lives and then exercised that power with skill and finesse. John Roy Price throve in that world, and in these pages he brings it captivatingly to life with fresh, nuanced portraits of Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Robert Finch, George Shultz, and many others, including, most remarkably, Richard Nixon. The Last Liberal Republican is just the book we need in our own illiberal time."—Sam Tanenhaus, author of The Death of Conservatism: A Movement and Its Consequences and Whittaker Chambers: A BiographyTable of Contents Preface Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Path to Eisenhower and Nixon: The Struggle for the Soul of the Republican Party 2. The Disruptive Decade: The 1960s and the Formation of the Ripon Society 3. Partisan Strife, San Francisco’s 1964 Convention, and Electoral Calamity 4. 1965-1968: Back to the Center? 5. The Oval Office Has a new Occupant 6. Organizing for Domestic Policymaking: Enter Daniel P. Moynihan 7. the Council for Urban Affairs: The Launch 8. A President in a Hurry 9. “Our Monument”: Laying the Foundation 10. The Battle for Nixon's Decision 11. The Fencing Moves Épées to Sabers 12. The Hunger Issue and the Food Stamp Revolution 13. “A Gamble on Human Nature”: Nixon in a Minority in His Cabinet 14. Briefing Ronald Reagan: The Beginnings of the Conservative Rebellion 15. The Center Does Not Hold—Nixon Folds His Hand on FAP 16. Richard Nixon and a Health Strategy Conclusion Notes Index

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Book SynopsisThe fascinating story behind Italy's lurch towards fascismTrade Review'Meticulously researched and engagingly written by an author with a longstanding knowledge of Italy and interest in its politics and culture. This is a must read for all those who want to understand what is happening in the country and what may soon happen elsewhere' -- Paolo Gerbaudo, Reader in Digital Politics, Department of Digital Humanities, King's College London'Fascinating and trenchant, Broder's account of contemporary Italian neo-fascism - which is now in power in Italy - is both original and shocking. Shows through deep research into both the past and present of these politicians that we should take the threat they represent very seriously indeed' -- John Foot, author of 'Blood and Power: The Rise and Fall of Italian Fascism''Is fascism really a 'thing of the past'? Broder shines a light on what the Italian post-fascists keep in the shadows, the ferocity of their syncretic ideology, and their lumbering contradictions. A sharp, richly documented survey of the perennial - shameless - rebranding of the Italian far right, from historical fascism to the present’ -- Carlo Greppi, Historian'A very important book that should be read by anyone concerned about the resurgence of far-right and (post)fascist politics ... Provides a compelling historical account to illuminate the contemporary situation in Italy and ties it powerfully to the wider turn towards reaction. Broder succeeds in mapping how ideas we have been told which were relegated to the dustbin of history have made their return to the mainstream. Extremely accessible and engaging' -- Aurelien Mondon, Co-author of 'Reactionary Democracy: How Racism and the Populist Far Right Become Mainstream''For decades, antifascism was the 'civil religion' of the Italian Republic. Today, Mussolini’s grandchildren lead the government. David Broder offers a very convincing interpretation of this unexpected historical metamorphosis and substantial arguments for understanding how to fight it. An irreplaceable book' -- Enzo Traverso, author of 'Revolution: An Intellectual History''Deep historical knowledge and acute political analysis are combined in the first book explaining the rise of a post-fascist government in the land of Mussolini. While offering an evocative and unsparing fresco of recent Italian history, Broder provides the tools to understand the far right in power in democratic countries' -- Donatella di Cesare, Italian Philosopher‘David Broder is really quite brilliant’ -- Sam Adler-Bell, co-host of ‘Know Your Enemy’ podcast‘Incisive … Broder expertly reconstructs the genealogy of fascism in Italy from the ground up’ -- ‘Jacobin’‘An excellent insight into Mussolini’s political heirs’ -- ‘Irish Independent’‘So has the F-word actually been handed over to history in Italy? Not really, as this helpful book by David Broder shows’ -- ‘Financial Times’‘Masterful … convincingly argues that Meloni’s election marks the ultimate success of a decades-long struggle for relevance by Mussolini’s political heirs’ -- ‘Foreign Policy’'Complex .. something of a warning for the UK' -- ‘The Tablet’‘Incisive … Broder succeeds in the Herculean task of understanding the canny and tough-minded Meloni and her strategically dizzying politics within Italy’s historical context. Mussolini’s Grandchildren delivers ground-breaking analysis that illuminates the confounding and apparently contradictory Italian far-right’ -- ‘Tribune’‘A lucid if terrifying history’ -- Alice Speri, ‘The Intercept’‘Excellent ... Broder’s account of the origins and trajectory of post-war Italian fascism is a warning of the dangerous reconfiguration of the right’ -- ‘Counterfire’Table of ContentsIntroduction: Mussolini's Granddaughters 1. The Victims of History 2. Exiles in Their Own Fatherland 3. A Party of Good Government 4. In-Laws, Outlaws 5. A Modern Right Conclusion

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Book Synopsis''If bravery itself could write, it would write like she does'' John BergerWhy rebel?Because our footprint on the Earth has never mattered more than now. How we treat it, in the spirit of gift or of theft, has never been more important.Because we need a politics of kindness, but the very opposite is on the rise. Libertarian fascism, with its triumphal brutalism, its racism and misogyny - a politics that loathes the living world.Because nature is not a hobby. It is the life on which we depend, as Indigenous societies have never forgotten.Only when it is dark enough can you see the stars, and they are lining up now to write rebellion across the skies.From the author of Wild, this passionate, poetic manifesto for urgent rebellion is also a paean to the deep and extraordinary beauty of the natural world.Jay Griffiths helped redefine activism for a generation, combining detailed research with a poeTrade ReviewThere is just one question left today for all writers. What would Nature say to us if Nature had a voice? I know of nobody who is facing up to that question with more honesty, courage and commitment than Jay Griffiths * John Ashton, independent activist and former UK Climate Change Ambassador *

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Book SynopsisThe results of a focus group research project, sponsored by the Commission of Presidential Debates and conducted during the 1992 presidential and vice presidential debates, are reported.Table of ContentsAbout the Series by Robert F. Denton Foreword by Frank Fahrenkopf, Jr. and Paul G. Kirk, Jr. Acknowledgments Researching Presidential Debates A Rationale for a Focus Group Study by Diana B. Carlin Design & Implementation of the Focus Group Study by Mitchell S. McKinney The Focus Group as a Research Tool by Beverley Davenport Sypher Structuring the Debates Debating the Debates by Elizabeth R. Lamoureux, Heather S. Entrekin, and Mitchell S. McKinney The Impact of Formats on Voter Reactions by John Meyer and Diana B. Carlin Let the People Speak: The Emergence of Public Space in the Richmond Presidential Debate by Stephen P. Depoe and Cady Short-Thompson "Children in a Sandbox:" Reaction to the Vice Presidential Debate by Jack Kay and Timothy A. Borchers Flirting with Perot: Voter Ambivalence about the Third Candidate by Mari Boor Tonn The Impact of Debates Debates as a Voter Education Tool by Michael A. Mayer and Diana B. Carlin The Presidential Debate as a Source of Citizen Disagressment by Mark S. Kuhn Debates versus Other Communication Sources: The Pattern of Information and Influence by Michael Pfau and William P. Eveland, Jr. The Gender Gap? Male and Female Reactions to the 1992 Presidential Debates by Sally J. Perkins and Gerri L. Smith The Student Voter by Julie Apker and Cary R.W. Voss Conclusions Implications for Future Debates by Diana B. Carlin Appendixes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe first radical, collective manifesto of the new decadeTrade Review'Here are the first flowers of spring: the beginning of an epochal dialogue about the human future. Inspired by the Occupy movements across the world, What We Are Fighting For should inspire all of us to join the conversation' -- Mike Davis, author of Planet of Slums and City of Quartz.'A rallying point for all those who resist the dogmas of contemporary politics and seek a fresh set of alternatives' -- Simon Critchley, Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy at the New School, New York, and author of The Faith of the Faithless (2012).Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Part 1 - New Economics 1. Michael Albert - Participatory Economics From Capitalism 2. Ann Pettifor - Let Ideas and Art Be International, Goods Be Homespun and Finance Primarily National 3. Milford Bateman - A New Local Financial System For Sustainable Communities 4. Shaun Chamberlin - The Struggle For Meaning Part 2 - New Governance 5. Richard Seymour - Towards a New Model Commune 6. Peter Hallward - The Dictatorship of the People 7. Mark J Smith - Practical Utopianism and Ecological Citizenship 8. Marina Sitrin - Occupy: Making Democracy a Question Part 3 - New Public 9. Owen Jones - New Class Politics 10. Hilary Wainwright - “An Excess of Democracy” 11. Dan Hind - A Program of Media Reform 12. Zillah Eisenstein - Renewing Intersectionality Part 4 - New Social Imagination 13. Mark Fisher - Post-Capitalist Desire 14. Franco Berardi Bifo - The Transversal Function of Disentaglement 15. Saul Newman - Why Do We Obey 16. Federico Campagna - Squandering Part 5 - Tactics of Struggle 17. David Graeber - Revolution of Common Sense 18. Nina Power - Winning the Media War 19. Alberto Toscano - Reforming the Unreformable 20. Solidarity Federation - Direct Action and Unmediated Struggle Afterword 21. John Holloway - Rage Against the Rule of Money Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisVolume 2 of this series of documents with commentary covers the domestic aspects of the regime between 1933 and 1939: the political stystem, the economy and society, propaganda and indoctrination, policies towards youth and women, the SS system of terror, antisemitism and popular attitudes towards the regime - consent, dissent and resistance.Table of Contents Contents Preface to the 2000 New Edition 6 The Nazi Political System 7 Central Government and the Role of the Reich Chancellery 8 The 'Coordinatio'n of the Civil Service 9 Party/State Relations- at the Centre 10 Party/Sate Relations at Regional and Local Level 11 The Nazi Economic Programme 12 The Policies of Schacht 13 The Four-Year Plan, 1936-39 14 Business 15 Agriculture 16 Nazism and the Working Class 17 The Regime and the People 18 Propaganda and Indoctrination 19 Youth and Education 20 Women, The Family and Population Policy 21 Law and Order 22 The SS-Police System 23 Antisemitism 24 Popular Opinion-Consent, Dissent, Opposition and Resistance List of Sources A Selective Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book finds and explores a gender gap in political support in the Occupied Palestinian Territories whereby more women than men support Hamas, and more men than women support Fatah.The author then shows how economic interests and religion largely explain this gender gap, and explores how the Israeli occupation, the Israel-Palestine conflict, women's rights, nationalism, and political repression impact Palestinian political support. She demonstrates how religion interacts with nationalist discourses, which in turn reinforce differential gender roles in Palestine. She also shows how patronage impacts political support in a gendered way, with Fatah's ability to provide employment opportunities being strongly linked to their support base amongst men. The book concludes with an analysis of similar trends in the wider Middle East, with women across the region tending to prefer religious parties, compared with men.While making an important contribution to studies of Palest

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Book SynopsisIn this book, John Ehrenberg argues that Donald Trump, as both candidate and president, represents a qualitatively new stage in the evolution of the Republican Party's willingness to exploit American racial tensions.Works on Trump's use of race have tended to be fragmentary or subsidiary to a larger purpose. Ehrenberg concentrates his investigation on Trump's weaponized use of race, contextualized through historical and theoretical details, demonstrating that while Trump draws on previous Republican strategies, he stands apart through his explicit intention to convert the Republican Party into a political instrument of a threatened racial order. The book traces the Grand Old Party's (GOP) approach to racial matters from Goldwater's constitutional objection to federal activity in the South to George W. Bush's overtures to Black citizens. Ehrenberg examines the role of racial animus in prying loose a significant portion of the Democratic Party's electoral coalition and making pTrade Review"Ehrenberg has produced a beautifully written interdisciplinary study of Trump’s racism that is based on profound political insight and scholarly acumen. It should become a standard work."Stephen Eric Bronner, Board of Governors Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Rutgers UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: Trumped 1. Barry and George Go Fishing 2. Dick’s Trick 3. Whistling for Plutocracy 4. The Wrecker and the Warrior Throw a Party 5. The Tribune Rides Forth 6. Toward White Minority Rule

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Book SynopsisIn this book, John Ehrenberg argues that Donald Trump, as both candidate and president, represents a qualitatively new stage in the evolution of the Republican Party's willingness to exploit American racial tensions.Works on Trump's use of race have tended to be fragmentary or subsidiary to a larger purpose. Ehrenberg concentrates his investigation on Trump's weaponized use of race, contextualized through historical and theoretical details, demonstrating that while Trump draws on previous Republican strategies, he stands apart through his explicit intention to convert the Republican Party into a political instrument of a threatened racial order. The book traces the Grand Old Party's (GOP) approach to racial matters from Goldwater's constitutional objection to federal activity in the South to George W. Bush's overtures to Black citizens. Ehrenberg examines the role of racial animus in prying loose a significant portion of the Democratic Party's electoral coalition and making pTrade Review"Ehrenberg has produced a beautifully written interdisciplinary study of Trump’s racism that is based on profound political insight and scholarly acumen. It should become a standard work."Stephen Eric Bronner, Board of Governors Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Rutgers UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction: Trumped 1. Barry and George Go Fishing 2. Dick’s Trick 3. Whistling for Plutocracy 4. The Wrecker and the Warrior Throw a Party 5. The Tribune Rides Forth 6. Toward White Minority Rule

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the mechanisms and elements of populism to develop new theoretical and methodological approaches. Much as populism has been researched, it remains a contested notion without coherent definition and methodology and shaped by dimensions such as ideology, communication style, discourse, mobilization, and organization. It has simultaneously mobilized emotions, produced symbols, affected subjectivity and gender relations, and can manifest itself in different ways and appear in hybrid forms, such as in the cases of Silvio Berlusconi, Hugo Chávez, and Donald Trump. International expert contributors explore how such a variety of phenomena can be explained and analyzed, expanding the scope of populism research by proposing a multidimensional and complex understanding of populism. They argue for a greater epistemological differentiation and propose a methodology that integrates different fields of politics. This complex approach makes it possible to analyze populism as a muTrade Review"Populism's diverse political expressions have long been a source of scholarly debate and confusion. In The Complexity of Populism: New Approaches and Methods, leading scholars provide new analytical tools to explain this diversity by conceptualizing populism's multiple dimensions and exploring different methods for the empirical study of both historical and contemporary populisms. The interdisciplinary focus on populism's ideological, communicational, and organizational dimensions offers a framework for comparative analysis that is sure to be very well-received by other scholars looking for coherence amidst populist complexity."- Kenneth M. Roberts, Professor of Government, Cornell University'Populism is too often portrayed as a simplistic form of politics. However, this clever and vital volume pushes back against this erroneous assumption by taking the complexity of populism seriously. Recognizing the variation of populist phenomena across the globe, the volume acknowledges the multidimensional nature of populism, suggests new and important methodological avenues for its study, and crucially, embraces interdisciplinarity in examining how populism works. It is vital reading for anyone working on or thinking about populism, both from a theoretical and empirical perspective, and will open up new avenues for studying the most controversial political phenomena of the 21st century.'-Benjamin Moffitt, Australian Catholic University'Complexity of Populism is an important contribution for those who want to study populism without taking shortcuts. It recognizes that populism cannot be rendered in a clear and distinct idea and reflects the interpretations of democracy. It shows us that to know populism we must become comparativists and interdisciplinarians, have the patience and humility to get out of comfortable generalizations and go to concrete experiences.'-Nadia Urbinati, Columbia UniversityTable of ContentsThe Complexity of Populism: New Approaches and Methods. An Introduction PART 1: Populism: A Complex Multidimensional and Gradual Phenomenon 2. Rethinking Populism in Complex Terms 3.Differentiating Populism: The Complex Constructions of the Leader and the People PART 2: Epistemological Extensions: Gender, Affects, Subjects 4.Gender as an Analytical Approach to Understanding Authoritarian Right-Wing Populism and Assessing Populism 5.Affect, Populism, Politics: Paradoxical Promises of Agency 6.Towards a Therapeutic Approach to Populism PART 3: Reflecting Populism’s Complexity: Towards a Multidimensional Methodology 7.A Global Historical Perspective on Populism 8.Observing Right-Wing Populists: A Methodological Approach in Populism Research 9.Explaining Populism from the Politolinguistic Perspective 10.Transformations of the Media Sphere: Amplifying Opportunity Structures for Populism 11.Populism by Numbers? Toward a Quantitative Morphology

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Book SynopsisThis insightful book brings the study of coalitions and coalition governance in Central and Eastern European democracies up to date, with an analytical focus framed by difficult economic and social periods, such as the end of the economic crisis and the Coronavirus pandemic.The volume posits insights from a plethora of experts on party politics and coalition studies from their respective countries, with chapters on Bulgaria, Czechia, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia. Embellished with illustrative tables and extensive datasets throughout, each chapter maps the developments of party system change, covering the coalition life cycle from the early 1990s until the end of 2021, and explores whether there has been transformation of the coalition, governance and dissolutions patterns due to heightened pressures.This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of coalition politics, representative democracy, governance, poliTable of Contents1. Coalitions in Times of Crisis. 2. Concepts and Measurements. 3. Fragility of Coalition Governance in Bulgaria. 4. Regularity and Instability: Coalition Governments in Czechia 2008-2022. 5. Estonia: The Breakdown of the Exclusionary Logic in Coalition Formation 6. Hungary: Party Alliances and Personal Coalitions. 7. Latvia: Populist Wind of Change. 8. Lithuania: Ministerial Government and the EU Factor. 9. Poland: Resilience to the External Crisis, Permanent Coalition Patterns, and Weakening of the Position of the Prime Minister. 10. Live Fast, Die Young: Romanian Coalitions in Time of Crisis. 11. Slovakia: Gradual Settlement of Rules in an Unstable Environment. 12. Slovenia: Newcomers as Prime Ministers. A New Mode of Coalition Governance? 13. New Patterns of Coalition Politics in Central and Eastern Europe?

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Book SynopsisBritish Party Politics and Ideology after New Labour brings together academics and politicians to debate the intellectual roots of the ideas that currently drive the main UK political parties. With major players responding to the arguments raised in each chapter, the book will be a must-read for anyone interested in or teaching British politics.Trade Review'It is a worthy attempt...to link the conventional empirical study of partisan politics with deeper issues of political theory.' Financial TimesTable of ContentsPreface; D.Owen Introduction; K.Hickson& S.Griffiths SECTION I: DID BLAIR ADVANCE SOCIAL DEMOCRACY?; A.Finlayson, D.Kavanagh& J.Tonge SECTION II: LABOUR AFTER BLAIR Assessing the Impact of the Third Way; J.Atkins What makes Progressive Ideology?: Lessons from the Third Way; W.Leggett Response to Atkins and Leggett; T.Giddens New Labour, New Liberalism and Revisionism's Second Wave; S.Griffiths Response to Griffiths; R.Hattersley Gordon Brown, 'Britishness' and the Negation of England; S.Lee Response to Lee; A.Aughey SECTION III: THE CONSERVATIVES UNDER CAMERON Built on Sand? Ideology and Conservative Modernization under David Cameron; M.Garnett Cameron, Modernization and Conservative Britain; P.Lynch Response to Garnett and Lynch; A.Gamble Mutualism and the Reinvention of Civil Society: A Conservative Agenda?; C.Ellis Response to Ellis; D.Willetts SECTION IV: WHERE NOW FOR THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATS? Icarus Turns Back: Liberal Democrat Constitutional Policy; M.Cole The Liberal Democrats and the Role of the State; D.Brack Response to Cole and Brack; A.Beith SECTION V: CROSS PARTY DEBATES Reforming Public Services: The Views of the Main Parties; R.Prabhakar Response to Prabhakar; N.Thompson The Continuing Relevance of Social Justice; R.Plant Response to Plant; D.Willetts

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Book SynopsisThis edited volume examines populist radical right parties in the Nordic region.Somewhat surprisingly given the image of a consensual, egalitarian, and progressive region of Europe, the Nordic countries have been fertile ground for the radical right. Not only have radical right parties persisted for many decades, but they are currently much stronger in this region than in most other European countries today. In this book, the contributors analyse the electoral, ideological, and organisational aspects of the radical right in the Nordic region: The Progress Party in Norway (Fremskrittspartiet, FrP), the Sweden Democrats (Sverigedemokraterna, SD), Danish Peopleâs Party (Dansk Folkeparti, DF), and the Finns party (Perussuomalaiset, PS). It also explores how mainstream parties and the media have reacted to the rise of the radical right, whether the radical right is integrated into mainstream politics, the extent to which they challenge the dominant ideological paradigm of Nordic politics and whether they mobilise and organise differently to other parties. Understanding the Nordic radical right is crucial to comprehending the transformation of Nordic politics but also changes in European politics more generally.This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Scandinavian politics, populism, the radical right, and comparative party politics.

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Book SynopsisBy 1976, the National Front had become the fourth largest party in Britain. In a context of national decline, racism and fears that the country was collapsing into social unrest, the Front won 19 per cent of the vote in elections in Leicester and 100,000 votes in London.In response, an anti-fascist campaign was born, which combined mass action to deprive the Front of public platforms with a mass cultural movement. Rock Against Racism brought punk and reggae bands together as a weapon against the right. At Lewisham in August 1977, fighting between the far right and its opponents saw two hundred people arrested and fifty policemen injured. The press urged the state to ban two rival sets of dangerous extremists. But as the papers took sides, so did many others who determined to oppose the Front.Through the Anti-Nazi League hundreds of thousands of people painted out racist graffiti, distributed leaflets and persuaded those around them to vote against the right. ThiTrade Review"I was gripped and loved the way it took me through different elements of popular culture, personal reflection and policy. It is the best account of the relationship between punk and the Anti-Nazi League/Rock Against Racism." Lucy Robinson, Professor in Collaborative History, University of Sussex"A must-read for anyone who wants to understand the post-war history of racist and fascist movements and the strategies of resistance to them." Hsiao-Hung Pai, author of Angry White People"David Renton's book helps us understand a pivotal moment in the defeat of fascism; it addresses the militant tradition of anti-fascism with real consideration." Louise Purbrick, contributor to Physical Resistance: A Hundred Years of Anti-Fascism"For an insight into how to build a mass, popular and victorious movement around anti-fascism and racism there is no better book than David Renton’s latest, Never Again, a historiography of Rock against Racism and the Anti-Nazi League, 1976-1982." Mark Perryman, Philosophy Football "Renton’s brisk yet rigorous book excels on the political context. He elucidates the toxic internal politics of the NF...and he doesn’t skimp on the numerous disagreements that churned beneath the surface image of multi-racial solidarity in the anti-fascist camp....Yet there are broader lessons here for anyone seeking to build an effective mass movement without being derailed by purity politics or egos....Never Again explains exactly how something was done." Dorian Lynskey, The Spectator"David Renton’s Never Again is a forensic retelling of the story of the two organisations that organised the Hackney event and the anti-fascist march through London that accompanied it, and the political ferment that gave rise to them....At least a quarter of Renton’s text is devoted to a history of the National Front and its leadership....But the book comes to life when it zeroes in on their opponents, and...the stories he tells of Rock Against Racism gigs are vivid and stirring." John Harris, New Statesman."David Renton who has written indefatigably on this subject...returns with another exhaustive journalistic account of this most toxic period in recent British political history....The momentous public confrontations that took place in Lewisham in 1977 and Southall in 1979...are documented here with all the meticulous scrutiny of the military historian." Stuart Walton, The London Magazine."The publication of Never Again comes at a time when the extreme right wing that RAR and the ANL were set up to oppose are on the march again.In this sense, it is an important means of taking stock." Neil Cooper, The Herald."Never Again is an arresting and atmospheric account. To say the book is timely is unnecessary, given the rise of a very different Tommy Robinson to the Tom Robinson of 1970s. Renton’s book is clear that the cultural and political response now will differ from the response then – but what he is equally clear about is the growing need for a response." Colin Revolting, Red Flag.Table of Contents1. In England, dreaming 2. A history of coups and expulsions 3. The other young believers 4. Reggae, soul, rock 'n' roll 5. Lewisham 6. Even God has joined the Anti-Nazi League 7. We all got high, we touched the sky 8. Southall 9. Keeping on keeping on10 Conclusion

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Book SynopsisAre celebrity politics the spice of American public life or a pox on policy progress? This book identifies and measures the attributes of celebrities that make them well-equipped to win campaigns and yet poorly prepared to govern effectively. The framers of the U.S. Constitution worried about the propensity of an undereducated public to elect unqualified entertainers rather than fit characters to government positions. Celebrities have come to play an increasingly central role in the American political process as fundraisers, surrogates, and as candidates themselves, yet remain a sorely understudied topic in political science. Through a multimethod approach that includes qualitative analysis, novel public opinion surveys, and survey experiments, this book assesses whether Americans are more likely to vote for celebrities than well-known traditional politicians and the implications of these preferences for democracy in the U.S. Perfect for students, scholars, and interested citizens, Trade Review"Lauren Wright has written a timely and important book. A reality game show host is in the Oval Office amid speculation of other glitterati considering a challenge. Wright raises the critical question of whether the skills of celebrities have any relevance to those required for political leadership and governance. A Princeton University lecturer, she combines the rigorous research of an academic intellectual with a keen understanding of practical politics gleaned from her participation and earlier writings. This is must reading for anyone interested in political leadership today." - Albert R. Hunt, former Washington Bureau Chief and Executive Editor of The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg News "It was perhaps inevitable that in a culture as obsessed with celebrity as ours, we would someday end up with one in the White House. Is Donald Trump an aberration and a corrective, or a sign of things to come? Lauren Wright explores how the world of politics and celebrity have become so intertwined, and where this may be taking us." - Karen Tumulty, Columnist, The Washington Post"Lauren Wright has written the opening salvo to the age of celebrity politics. Set within a historic framework, her study combines her own research, scholarly literature, and astute analysis to warn Americans of the very dangers the framers feared when they created the US Constitution: demagoguery, ill-informed decision making, and self-interested, autocratic rule. Who's to blame and what do we do about It? Read Wright's innovative, well written and thought-provoking book to find out." - Stephen J. Wayne, Georgetown University"Donald Trump wasn’t the first celebrity to win an election, and he won’t be the last. Lauren Wright helps explain why celebrities run for office and why many voters will support them. Her conclusion is a troubling one: Celebrities have the tools to entertain voters, but not the tools to govern effectively. This is a timely and important book." - John Sides, George Washington UniversityTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments 1. A Short History of a Longstanding Obsession 2. In Their Own Words: Why Celebrities Run 3. Celebrities, They’re Not Like Us 4. Do Voters Prefer Celebrity Candidates to Politicians? 5. The Death of U.S.? Appendix Index

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Book SynopsisRadical right-wing populist parties, such as Geert Wilders' Party for Freedom, Marine Le Pen's National Front or Nigel Farage's UKIP, are becoming increasingly influential in Western European democracies. Their electoral support is growing, their impact on policy-making is substantial, and in recent years several radical right-wing populist parties have assumed office or supported minority governments. Are these developments the cause and/or consequence of the mainstreaming of radical right-wing populist parties? Have radical right-wing populist parties expanded their issue profiles, moderated their policy positions, toned down their anti-establishment rhetoric and shed their extreme right reputations to attract more voters and/or become coalition partners? This timely book answers these questions on the basis of both comparative research and a wide range of case studies, covering Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, and theTrade ReviewThe book accomplishes a great fact-finding mission describing the consequences of right-wing populists in government for party competition. It begins the hunt for theory and finds new puzzles: The effects of radical right-wing government involvement are more complicated than anticipated. The book is an indispensable building block for any scholar dealing with this subject.Herbert Kitschelt, George V. Allen Professor of International Relations, Duke University, USAIn 2000 Hainsworth et al. noted that the extreme right was moving "from the margins to the mainstream." Fifteen years later, in a long-overdue but worthy 'successor' to Hainsworth's seminal volume, Akkerman et al. observe that radical right-wing populist parties have now solidly moved "into the mainstream". Cas Mudde, Associate Professor, Department of International Affairs, University of Georgia, USAThis book offers an updated and in depth analysis of case studies of right-wing populism and extremism, alongside the validation of a crucial hypothesis: have these parties conquered more of the political space of the moderate mainstream right? Thanks to an empirically grounded comparative survey examining the phenomenon, the authors demonstrate that, contrary to shared wisdom, the populist far right is still secure in its extreme position, and remains quite distant from other mainstream parties all over Europe. Moreover, underlining the fact that the gap between extreme and mainstream parties has only been narrowed where a critique of the European Union is concerned, the authors offer further hints to the sensitive topic of euro-scepticism.Piero Ignazi, Professor of Comparative Politics, University of Bologna, ItalyTable of Contents1. Introduction. Inclusion and mainstreaming: Radical right-wing populist parties in the new millennium Part I. Comparative analyses 2. Into the mainstream? A comparative analysis of the programmatic profiles of radical right-wing populist parties in Western Europe over time 3. Closing the gap? A comparison of voters for radical right-wing populist parties and mainstream parties over time Part II. Case-studies 4. The mainstreaming of the Austrian Freedom Party: The more things change… 5. The Danish People’s Party: Combining cooperation and radical positions 6. From the mainstream to the margin? The radicalisation of the True Finns 7. The Party for Freedom: Balancing between mission, votes and office 8. The taming of the shrew. How the Progress Party (almost) became part of the mainstream 9. Staying away from the mainstream. The case of the Swiss People’s Party 10. It is still a long way from Madou Square to Law Street. The evolution of the Flemish Bloc. 11. A new course for the French radical right? The Front National and ‘de-demonisation’ 12. The UK Independence Party: The dimensions of mainstreaming 13. Conclusions 14. Appendix 1 15. Appendix 2

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Book SynopsisHow have the Scottish Conservatives influenced Scottish politics?

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Book SynopsisWhile the 1950s in Canada were years of social conformity, it was also a time of political, economic, and technological change. Against a background of growing prosperity, federal and provincial politics became increasingly competitive, intergovernmental relations became more contentious, and Canada’s presence in the world expanded. The life expectancy of Canadians increased as the social pathologies of poverty, crime, and racial, ethnic, and gender discrimination were in retreat. 1950s Canada illuminates the fault lines around which Canadian politics and public affairs have revolved. Chronicling the themes and events of Canadian politics and public affairs during the 1950s, Nelson Wiseman reviews social, economic, and cultural developments during each year of the decade, focusing on developments in federal politics, intergovernmental relations, provincial affairs, and Canada’s role in the world. The book examines Canada’s subordinate relationship Table of Contents1. Introduction: Reflections on Studying Canada of the 1950s 2. 1950 3. 1951 4. 1952 5. 1953 6. 1954 7. 1955 8. 1956 9. 1957 10. 1958 11. 1959 12. Conclusion: Politics and Public Affairs in the 1950s 13. Appendices

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Book SynopsisThis volume of essays constitutes the first history of Labour and left-wing politics in the decade when Margaret Thatcher reshaped modern Britain. Leading scholars explore aspects of left-wing culture, activities and ideas at a time when social democracy was in crisis. There are articles about political leadership, economic alternatives, gay rights, the miners’ strike, the Militant Tendency and the politics of race. The book also situates the crisis of the left in international terms as the socialist world began to collapse. Tony Blair's New Labour disavowed the 1980s left, associating it with failure, but this volume argues for a more complex approach. Many of the causes it championed are now mainstream, suggesting that the time has come to reassess 1980s progressive politics, despite its undeniable electoral failures. With this in mind, the contributors offer ground-breaking research and penetrating arguments about the strange death of Labour Britain.Trade Review‘This volume is a reappraisal of the 1980s as not a time of political failure but also ‘a creative decade for the left. Victories may have been few but there was no lack of energy’ (p. 2). It claims that if the right won the economic argument of this period, the left helped set the social and moral agenda of the twenty-first century.’Twentieth Century British History ‘An illuminating book and always a serious one, offering the reader a number of full and useful discussions.’Cercles Revue‘This book reassesses both the Labour Party and the wider left in the 1980s, suggesting that this was a more creative and exciting period than has often been assumed. … The wide-ranging chapters map out important themes in the study of Labour and the left in the 1980s, and set new agendas for research.’ — English Historical Review -- .Table of ContentsForeword by Peter TatchellIntroduction: new histories of Labour and the left in the 1980s – Jonathan Davis and Rohan McWilliamPart I: The crisis of the Labour Party1 Retrieving or re-Imagining the past? The case of 'Old Labour', 1979–94 – Eric Shaw 2 Leading the Labour Party in the 1980s – Martin Farr 3 Labour's liberalism: gay rights and video nasties – Paul Bloomfield 4 Responsible capitalism: Labour’s industrial policy and the idea of a National Investment Bank during the long 1980s – Richard Carr Part II: The British Left in a global context5 Neil Kinnock's perestroika: Labour and the Soviet influence – Jonathan Davis 6 The international context: end of an era – John Callaghan Part III: Currents of the Wider Left7 Militant’s laboratory: Liverpool City Council's struggle with the Thatcher government – Neil Pye8 ‘Fill a Bag and Feed a Family': the miners’ strike and its supporters – Maroula Joannou 9 'Race Today cannot fail': black radicalism in the long 1980s – Robin Bunce Index

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the impact that nostalgia has had on the Labour Party’s political development since 1951. In contrast to existing studies that have emphasised the role played by modernity, it argues that nostalgia has defined Labour’s identity and determined the party’s trajectory over time. Jobson outlines how Labour, at both an elite and a grassroots level, has been and remains heavily influenced by a nostalgic commitment to an era of heroic male industrial working-class struggle.This commitment has hindered policy discussion, determined the form that the modernisation process has taken and shaped internal conflict and cohesion. More broadly, Labour’s emotional attachment to the past has made it difficult for the party to adjust to the socioeconomic changes that have taken place in Britain. In short, nostalgia has frequently left the party out of touch with the modern world. In this way, this study offers an assessment of Labour’s failures to adapt to the changing nature and demands of post-war Britain and will be of interest to both students and academics working in the field of British political history and to those with a more general interest in Labour’s history and politics.Trade Review‘The struggle to try and get the Labour Party “face the future”, as our 1945 manifesto was titled, has — irony of ironies — its own rich history. Richard Jobson's fascinating study, Nostalgia and the post-war Labour Party, documents this thoroughly.’Bridget Phillipson MP, New Statesman‘A serious contribution to the understanding of struggles within the Labour Party [which] raises significant questions about how parties engage with their own past to their advantage and disadvantage and how the past informs and sometimes perhaps restricts current politics. Most importantly, it shows that nostalgia is not simply an issue for the right, for Brexit and Trump voters, but is a charge that the left too has to deal with.’Tobias Becker, History Workshop Journal -- .Table of Contents1 Introduction - Labour, nostalgia and 'nostalgia-identity'2 Revisionism and the battle over clause IV - 1951-633 White heat and the Labour party 1963-704 Labour's alternative economic strategy 1970-835 Reinventing the Labour party 1983-926 The New Labour era 1992-20107 Back to the past? 2010 to the present8 ConclusionBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThis is the definitive account of the rise, fall and future prospects of the Liberal Democrats, the party that threatened to break the mould of British politics but suffered electoral calamity after entering government with the Conservatives.Retracing the Lib Dems’ path to government and subsequent near oblivion, the book explores the relationship between the party and the electorate in a post-coalition, post-Brexit, post-pandemic era. It offers a deep analysis of the electoral strategy that enabled growth and precipitated failure, explaining how and why the party got the coalition so wrong and plotting a potential future. Drawing on extensive survey data and original interviews with Lib Dem politicians and activists, the authors expertly capture the relationship between the party and voters, revealing the foundations of Liberal Democrat campaigning and performance in the search for credibility and viability. The Liberal Democrats remain contradictory: a minor party with ambitions to upset the status quo, a party that depends on decisive leadership but relies on grassroots activism to remain relevant. This book helps unravel these apparent contradictions.Trade Review'Not all Liberal Democrats will agree with the frankness of the authors’ assessment of the party’s recent years, but all should pay close attention to their evidence-backed seven themes for future success.'Mark Pack, President of the Liberal Democrats‘A fascinating, 360-degree portrait of Britain's “third party”. The authors shine a harsh light on the Lib Dems’ ongoing problems but also point to their still-considerable potential. Forensically analytical yet approachably written, the book is absolutely essential reading in the run-up to the next general election – and beyond.’Tim Bale, author of The Conservative Party after Brexit‘This book contributes to the very small field of serious analyses of this important third force in British politics. Excellently researched and closely argued, it identifies dilemmas around identity, structure, agency and role, accounting for the party’s ill-fated period in coalition government while framing the potential for a future Liberal Democrat revival.’Laura McAllister, Professor of Public Policy and the Governance of Wales, Cardiff University -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction: structure, agency and an identity crisis Part I: The road to government 1 Policy distinctiveness, popular leaders and ‘winning here’ 2 ‘Cowley Street, we have a problem’: the false political and electoral dawn Part II: The coalition years: from government to obscurity 3 Getting the coalition wrong 4 Where did all the Liberal Democrat voters go? 5 Losing locally and being left behind Part III: The post-coalition story: fighting for survival 6 From life support to renewed hope 7 Political shocks and the coalition legacy: austerity, Brexit and leadership woes 8 The changing geography of the Liberal Democrat vote 9 Liberal Democrat campaigning at a crossroads: the big picture Conclusion: the Liberal Democrats’ identity crisisAppendix Index

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Book SynopsisBroken Heartlands is an essential and compelling political road-trip through ten constituencies that tell the story of Labour’s red wall, by Sebastian Payne – an award-winning journalist and Whitehall Editor for the Financial Times.The Times Political Book of the YearA Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Daily Mail and FT Book of the Year'Immensely readable' - ObserverHistorically, the red wall formed the backbone of Labour’s vote in the Midlands and the North of England but, during the 2019 general election, it dramatically turned Conservative for the first time in living memory, redrawing the electoral map in the process.Originally from the North East himself, Payne sets out to uncover the real story behind the red wall and what turned these seats blue. Beginning in Blyth Valley in the North East and ending in Burnley, with visits to constituencies across the Midlands and Yorkshire along the way, Payne gets to the heart of a key political story of our time that will have ramifications for years to come.While Brexit and the unpopularity of opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn are factors, there is a more nuanced story explored in Broken Heartlands – of how these northern communities have fared through generational shifts, struggling public services, de-industrialization and the changing nature of work. Featuring interviews with local people, plus major political figures from both parties – including Boris Johnson and Sir Keir Starmer – Payne explores the significant role these social and economic forces, decades in the making, have played in this fundamental upheaval of the British political landscape.'Impressive and entertaining' - Sunday Times'A must-read for anyone who wants to understand England today' - Robert Peston

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Book SynopsisBroken Heartlands is an essential and compelling political road-trip through ten constituencies that tell the story of Labour’s red wall from Sebastian Payne – an award-winning journalist and Whitehall Editor for the Financial Times.The Times Political Book of the YearA Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Daily Mail and FT Book of the Year'Immensely readable' - ObserverHistorically, the red wall formed the backbone of Labour’s vote in the Midlands and the North of England but, during the 2019 general election, it dramatically turned Conservative for the first time in living memory, redrawing the electoral map in the process.Originally from the North East himself, Payne sets out to uncover the real story behind the red wall and what turned these seats blue. Beginning in Blyth Valley in the North East and ending in Burnley, with visits to constituencies across the Midlands and Yorkshire along the way, Payne gets to the heart of a key political story of our time that will have ramifications for years to come.While Brexit and the unpopularity of former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn were factors, there is a more nuanced story explored in Broken Heartlands – of how these northern communities fared through generational shifts, struggling public services, de-industrialization and the changing nature of work.Featuring interviews with local people, plus major political figures from both parties – including former Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer – Payne explores the significant role these social and economic forces, decades in the making, played in this fundamental upheaval of the British political landscape.'Impressive and entertaining' - Sunday Times'A must-read for anyone who wants to understand England today' - Robert PestonTrade ReviewBroken Heartlands is the product of rich reporting on the ground . . . Payne tells many stories of many places and people with affection and respect, to weave a picture of the changing political fabric of England -- Laura KuenssbergA compelling chronicle of why English politics is undergoing such fundamental change. A must-read for anyone who wants to understand England today -- Robert PestonA really fascinating and surprisingly moving book. Payne takes us on a journey that feels personal as well as political and helps us better understand what the red wall really is, who its voters are, and what politics has meant to them over the past few tumultuous years -- Isabel Hardman, author of Why We Get The Wrong PoliticiansA must-read for all those who want to learn the lessons of Labour's 2019 defeat -- Paul Mason, author of PostCapitalism Sebastian Payne demolishes the clichés that smother debate about the north of England and provides a simultaneously tender and acute guide to the land that London forgot -- Nick CohenPart travelogue, part Question Time, Payne interviews pretty much everyone. This is a first draft of history as first drafts of history should properly be written -- Tom HollandImmensely readable. Labour’s crisis in the red wall . . . will shape the future of English politics. This engrossing, warm and insightful work is an indispensable guide to how it came about -- Observer, book of the weekCompelling, authoritative but human . . . the book will inevitably become an important resource for historians * Sunday Times *Reminiscent of Orwell's The Road to Wigan Pier, Payne travels around Labour's former 'red wall' to paint a stark picture of those left behind * Daily Telegraph *Payne’s entertaining and insightful book is essential reading * Evening Standard *The political book of the year about one of the most consequential elections of my lifetime. Essential reading -- Andrew NeilComprehensive and entertaining -- The Times, book of the weekOne of the book’s many strengths is its precision . . . Payne’s book examines the narratives on Red Wall constituencies like the layers of an onion: starting with superficial readings, before peeling them back to reveal greater complexity -- Stephen Bush, New StatesmanEntertaining political travelogue . . . plenty of insights . . . Payne is a guide without any trace of snobbery * Financial Times *Payne, who grew up in Gateshead . . . has an instinctive rapport with people who feel overlooked and abandoned by Labour * The Week *First class political reportage . . . should be considered required reading for anyone interested in British politics * Mail on Sunday *Nuanced take on Labour's lost strongholds. Raised in Gateshead, Payne brings intimacy and depth * Guardian *The most revealing book about politics just doesn't happen to come from America: The United Kingdom's 'red wall,' Albion's version of the Rust Belt, is the subject of Broken Heartlands * Washington Post *Broken Heartlands digs into the fabric of the post-industrial communities that only make headlines at election time and challenges received wisdom and lazy myths * Literary Review *It's difficult to become a Westminster institution and be a successful leader writer on the Financial Times before you're 30, but Sebastian Payne has achieved both -- Iain Dale, author of The Prime Ministers

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Book SynopsisIn 2016 Labour burst into new life. The Westminster beltway of political insiders, pollsters, commentators and newspaper proprietors were left with egg all over their faces. Few took the trouble to ask how or why Labour, almost alone amongst parties on the left in Europe, had re-grouped, revived and successfully turned its back decisively on Tony Blair and Bill Clinton's 'third way'; how it had four times as many members as it had a few years before, and at last was appealing to the young. Labour England wasn't dead. It had been sleeping. For thirty years it had been kicked into near oblivion, first by Margaret Thatcher and then by Tony Blair. That strange, sentimental, almost mystical mix of the trade unions, adult education institutes, powerful Labour councils, the local comprehensive school and the local Co-op that sustained Labour governments for thirty years from the 1940s to the 1970s had been in full retreat. Now, against all the odds, it was back. Francis Beckett and Mark Seddon have been around Labour politics too long to be blind to the downsides of Corbynism. But they say that the Corbyn phenomenon has revived the spirit of Labour when it was on the brink of extinction and that Corbyn will be a Prime Minister in the best traditions of Labour England. And that those, in the Labour Party and elsewhere, who want only for an end to it, are on the wrong side of history. In this book they chart the forty-year decline of the Labour Party, and its extraordinary revival.

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Book SynopsisPeter Shore worked under Hugh Gaitskell, serving in successive Labour Cabinets under first Harold Wilson and subsequently James Callaghan. He wrote the 1964, 1966 and 1970 general election manifestos for the party and stood in both the 1980 and the 1983 party leadership elections. He would go on to be known as one of the Labour Party's most important thinkers. He had a long political career at the upper levels of the Labour Party and was close to successive leaders. Despite this, he was also independent minded, as evidenced by the 1976 IMF crisis and his long-standing opposition to European integration. As well as this key debate, the authors also address crucial issues within the Labour movement, from macroeconomic management to the extent to which the party can be a force for socialism. This remarkable new study offers a comprehensive and timely reappraisal of the man and his record, examining the context within which he operated, his approach and responses to changing social and economic norms, his opposition to Britain's membership of what is now the EU, and how he was viewed by peers from across the political spectrum. Finally, it examines the overall impact of Peter Shore on the development of British politics. With contributions from leading experts in the fields of political theory, and from Shore's own contemporaries, this book is an important new assessment of one of Labour's most interesting political thinkers in twentieth-century British politics.Trade Review"A superb work which refreshes the political history of the second half of the twentieth century by inserting the contribution of a man who, far from being forgotten, ought to be revered on the left." - Stephen Pollard "A truly first-rate biography”- Tom Gallagher, Think Scotland

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Book SynopsisHow do you start an electoral earthquake? Head to the Red Wall and you might just find out. Covering some sixty seats stretching from the Midlands up to the north of England and across to Wales, the wall is constructed of the old coal, steel and manufacturing constituencies that were the bedrock of Labour victories for years. Assumed to be a stuck-in-their-ways, loyal-to-a-fault foundation for Labour, the Red Wallers changed all that on 12 December 2019 when they elected Boris Johnson, turning their constituencies blue. Here, renowned pollster and commentator Deborah Mattinson takes the issue by the horns, asking why these proudly working-class voters were tempted by the ‘posh party’ and questioning if they will ever again make their way back to the Labour fold. With brand-new research, including expansive interviews with Red Wall constituents, Mattinson guides us through the lives of the left-behind, finally giving them the opportunity to speak for themselves. Written at one of the most turbulent periods in modern memory, this is a timely, far-reaching analysis of how we got to this point and where we can go next. One thing is certain: the Red Wallers have the power to change history.Trade Review"In this devastating new assessment of the fall of Labour's Red Wall, Deborah Mattinson unpicks our most recent history with deftness, clarity and piercing awareness. Matching engaging description with immense research and, above all, convincing argument, she finally gives voice to the 'long forgotten', definitively reporting how the Red Wall turned blue." - Ayesha Hazarika "Deborah Mattinson has long been a shrewd and sympathetic analyst of voters and their motivations. Rich with real voices, Beyond the Red Wall is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand what drove so many in Labour's heartlands to desert the party in 2019 - and what it might take to win them back." - Heather Stewart "While others theorise about why lifelong Labour voters in the Red Wall seats switched to the Tories in such vast numbers, Deborah Mattinson takes the radical approach of going to ask them. What they said is frank, forthright and fascinating. This calm, compelling account by someone who has seen Labour at its best and worst reveals the real people behind the polls. It will make for difficult reading for both parties, but after years of neglect they expect to be heard - and no party can expect to win without listening." - Matt Chorley "Politics is always personal. The conversations here bring to life the changing mood among the individuals who gradually lost faith in Labour and granted the Tories a thumping majority. The warning to all politicians - voters don't belong to you." - Laura Kuenssberg, political editor, BBC "A meticulously researched, frank and thoughtful guide to the United Kingdom's new swing voters, what drives them and what that means for our politics." - tephen Bush, political editor, New Statesman "Deborah Mattinson brilliantly deconstructs the Red Wall, brick by brick, using her own research and expertise, helping us to understand this overlooked group and what makes it tick. For our leaders, learning the lessons of Beyond the Red Wall will be key to whoever wins the next general election." - Christopher Hope, Daily Telegraph

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Book SynopsisThe Trump presidency may well be the first phase of a new American political alignment deeply rooted in identity politics. Now more than ever, it seems especially important to understand how leaders compete to engage different human motivations—how presidents, presidential candidates, and other political leaders appeal to potential followers’ needs for economic well-being, safety, self-esteem, and a sense of significance. It is time to come to terms with the roles of race and region in US political history. In Realignment, Region, and Race, George R. Goethals addresses this challenge head-on, exploring the place of racial dynamics in American politics from Abraham Lincoln to Donald Trump. He integrates psychology and historical understandings of presidential leadership and politics to explain the way the politics of racial justice and needs for positive social identity have led to different regions in the United States changing party affiliation. He describes the realignment by region of the two major political parties in the United States, the Democrats and Republicans, between the Civil War and the present day, and he considers how for over a century and a half the two parties have offered different social identities, often related to race, that appeal to powerful motives for self-esteem and significance. Goethals’s findings uncover deep contexts for understanding how current political leaders engage experiences and attitudes towards African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans in order to tell particular stories about American and regional identities. Realignment, Region, and Race is essential reading for students of politics, history, and psychology, and it is of keen interest to anyone concerned with the power that identity politics has taken on in recent American elections.Trade ReviewGoethals argues that racial dynamics is responsible for how and why the North and South switched political parties between Abraham Lincoln's election in 1860 and George W. Bush's in 2000. Furthermore, these racial dynamics are perpetuated largely by social identity concerns, he says, that is, by people's need to have their political leaders validate them and the groups by which they define themselves. He discusses the realignment of American politics; leadership, motivation, and social identity; the American Revolution to the Mexican War; Republicans for racial justice: Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant; the Republican retreat from founding principles 1877-1920; migration and realignment: African-Americans move north, the GOP moves south; and popular vote tectonics: Republican dominion gives way to Democrats. -- Annotation ©2018 * (protoview.com) *Table of ContentsChapter 1. The Realignment of American Politics; Chapter 2. Leadership, Motivation, and Social Identity; Chapter 3. The American Revolution to the Mexican War; Chapter 4. Republicans for Racial Justice: Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant Chapter 5. The Republican Retreat from Founding Principles: 1877–1920; Chapter 6. Migration and Realignment: African Americans Move North, the GOP Moves South; Chapter 7. Popular Vote Tectonics: Republican Domination Gives Way to Democrats References Index

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Book SynopsisJeremy Corbyn's rapid ascent to the leadership of the Labour Party, driven by a groundswell of popular support particularly among the young, was met at the time by a baffled media. Just where did Jeremy Corbyn come from? In Searching for Socialism, Leo Panitch and Colin Leys argue that it is only by understanding Corbyn's roots in the Bennite Labour New Left's long struggle to transcend the limits of 'parliamentary socialism' and democratise the party, as a precondition for democratising the state, can you understand his surge to become leader of the party.Closely analyzing the forces inside the party aligned against Corbyn's leadership, Panitch and Leys explain what happened between the validation of the Corbyn project in the 2017 election, while advancing an ambitious programme of democratic socialist measures unmatched anywhere since the 1970s, and the electoral defeat amidst the Brexit conjuncture of 2019. They argue that while this defeat marked the farthest point to which the generation formed in the 1970s was able to carry the Labour new left project, it seems unlikely that the new generation of activists will quickly see any other way forward than continuing the struggle inside the Labour Party, so as to fundamentally change it. In the face of the contradictions being generated by twenty-first-century capitalism, and the need for discovering and developing new political forms adequate to addressing them, this book is required reading for democratic socialists, not just in Britain but everywhere.Trade ReviewSearching for Socialism will be extremely useful to socialists and Labour members for years to come. It will be required reading for those new to socialist politics. -- Elliot Dugdale * The World Transformed *Panitch and Leys have understood a lot of what happened and what went wrong - including the dysfunction at the very top, the full story of which has yet to be told. -- Mike Phipps * Labour Hub *Leo Panitch and Colin Leys ... confront the weaknesses of Corbynism against the background of the strengths which it shares with Bennism and which distinguish both from the previous experiences of more traditional Labour lefts. -- Stephen Marks * Labour Briefing *Throughout the book the authors emphasise the importance of extending democracy both within the Labour Party and in society, and in this they are to be applauded. -- David Lane * LSE Review of Books *Searching for Socialism is extremely articulate and well researched. It should be widely read by socialists both within the Labour Party and outside. -- Camilla Royle * Socialist Review *

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Book Synopsis Across the West, the explosion of social movement activity since the late 1960s has constituted a “participatory revolution” that has posed profound challenges for formal political parties. Through an analysis of new interviews, institutional documents, and a host of other largely unexploited sources, Daniela R. Piccio provides a rich and empirically grounded exploration of the wide-ranging responses to these movements. Focusing on Italy and the Netherlands since the 1970s, Party Responses to Social Movements demonstrates how political parties have incorporated the demands of movements to a surprising extent, even as both have grappled with fundamental and inevitable tensions between their respective roles and aims.Trade Review “The book is clear, well written, and well documented, and deals with an innovative and rather understudied topic…[It] is without a doubt an excellent work, one that significantly contributes to our knowledge of both parties and movements, and their relationships. It is highly recommended reading for graduate students and researchers from various disciplines and especially those working on social movements’ impact on the political process. Besides this, it will be also a model for other studies on different cases and it will help to develop further comparative analysis.” • Análise Social “Piccio’s work is a fine empirical study that will fill an important gap in the scholarly literature on parties and movements. It is clearly written, very well-organized, and is designed in a way that generates stimulating and suggestive comparisons.” • John Markoff, University of Pittsburgh “A pleasant and interesting read with a well-thought out design. Party Responses to Social Movements is an accessible and interesting read on an understudied topic. It is well-conceived and its approach to its subject matter is both careful and convincing.” • Bert Klandermans, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamTable of Contents List of Tables and Figures Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1. Politics beyond Parties Chapter 2. Social Movements and the Traditional Left: A Cautious Reception Chapter 3. “And Yes It Moves!”: The Unexpected Response of Centrist Parties to Social Movements Conclusion: It Was Worth the Effort Appendix I: Election Outcomes and Government Coalitions Appendix II: List of Consulted Documents Appendix III: Social Movements’ Themes in Party Manifestos Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis Countless studies have assessed the dramatic reforms of Mikhail Gorbachev, but their analysis of the impact on European communism has focused overwhelmingly on the Soviet Union and Eastern bloc nations. This ambitious collection takes a much broader view, reconstructing and evaluating the historical trajectories of glasnost and perestroika on both sides of the Iron Curtain. Moving beyond domestic politics and foreign relations narrowly defined, the research gathered here constitutes a transnational survey of these reforms’ collective impact, showing how they were variably received and implemented, and how they shaped the prospects for “proletarian internationalism” in diverse political contexts.Trade Review “Written by well-known historians and political scientists, the book addresses an underexplored topic in detail and therefore will be of interest to specialists of communism, party politics, and the political Left in Europe.” • Choice “…a generally strong…and substantial collective contribution to the historiography of Communism.” • H-Diplo “Perestroika and the Party gives a comprehensive look at how different national parties reacted to Mikhail Gorbachev’s program of reform. Its case studies are fascinatingly detailed and make useful additions to the larger historical literature.” • Edward Cohn, Grinnell CollegeTable of Contents Introduction: Perestroika or about the Demise of the Communist World? Francesco Di Palma PART I: EASTERN EUROPE Chapter 1. The Impact of Perestroika and Glasnost on the CPSU's Stance toward the “Fraternal Parties” in the Eastern Bloc Peter Ruggenthaler Chapter 2. Soviet Society, Perestroika, and the End of the USSR Mark Kramer Chapter 3. Perestroika Made in Hungary? The HSWP’s Approach to the Soviet Reform of the Late-1980s Tamás Péter Baranyi Chapter 4. Yugoslavia and Perestroika 1985-1991: Between Hope and Disappointment Petar Dragišić Chapter 5. The Polish United Workers Party and Perestroika Wanda Jarząbek Chapter 6. SED and Perestroika: Perceptions and Reactions Hermann Wentker Chapter 7. Between External Constraint and Internal Crackdown: Romania’s Non-Reaction to Soviet Perestroika Stefano Bottoni PART II: WESTERN EUROPE Chapter 8. Parallel Destinies: The Italian Communist Party and Perestroika Aldo Agosti Chapter 9. “I felt as if I was faced with a French Honecker”: The French Communist Party Confronted with a World that was Falling Apart (1985-1991) Dominique Andolfatto Chapter 10. A Dialogue of the Deaf: The CPGB and the SED during the Gorbachev Era (1985-1990) Stefan Berger and Norman LaPorte Chapter 11. Premature Perestroika: The Dutch Communist Party and Gorbachev Gerrit Voerman Chapter 12. The Perestroika and the Greek Left Andreas Stergiou Chapter 13. The Austrian Communists and Perestroika Maximilian Graf Chapter 14. The Spanish Communist Party and Perestroika Walther L. Bernecker Afterword: Gorbachev and the End of International Communism Silvio Pons Index

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Book SynopsisBritish politics is in an extraordinary place. Grace Blakeley introduces an indispensable collection of analysis and comment.In Futures of Socialism, Sam Gindin and James Meadway reassess socialist strategy after the coronavirus; Dalia Gebrial and Siân Errington debate austerity and precarity; Joshua Virasami and Simukai Chigudu explore anti-racism and the legacy of Empire; and Leo Panitch and Momentum co-founder James Schneider probe the limits of parliamentary socialism. Chris Saltmarsh assesses the prospects for an eco-socialist Green New Deal and Cat Hobbs argues for the ongoing centrality of public ownership to socialist policy.Futures of Socialism takes an in-depth look at the reasons for Labour's 2019 election defeat, with Unite's Andrew Murray on Labour's Brexit position, Tom Mills on the British media, Gargi Bhattacharyya and Jeremy Gilbert on better ways to build a political project, and Keir Milburn on generation left. The anthology also compares the fortunes of the British left with socialist movements overseas, in despatches from Europe and America.Blakeley draws on the talents of all sections of the post-Corbyn left to survey the prospects of 'a movement that has dominated the horizons of our lives'.Trade ReviewOne of the most inspiring, thought-provoking and insightful voices on the left offers a route map out of this crisis - a must read for anyone who wants to change the world. -- Owen Jones (for Stolen)This collection, assembled by the formidable Grace Blakeley, mixes humility, urgency and scholarship to map a viable path forward for socialists in the UK and around the world -- Rob Delaney, co-creator of CatastropheA timely intervention, and an impressive collection ... For the British left, Futures of Socialism provides a much-needed tonic in these ill times. * Bright Green *

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Book SynopsisA new progressive generation is on the rise in the United States, reflected in the mushrooming rolls of the Democratic Socialists of America (90,000 mostly twentysomething members), Marxist explainers in Teen Vogue, and perhaps most famously of all, the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.The Rise of a New Left is the first book to look closely at this new politics. Propelled by interviews with AOC and the other key figures and organizations who have shaken up American politics, the book includes portraits of groups like the Democratic Socialists of America, the Sunrise Movement, and Justice Democrats, explaining who they are, where they come from, and what they want. Investigating the panoply of strategies employed by the new movements and their relationship to politicians from Bernie Sanders to Nancy Pelosi, the book describes how the generational focus on insurgent electoral campaigns both aims to transform the Democratic Party and threatens to be captured by it.Written with panache by a member of this rising generation, this book immerses the reader in a youth culture the likes of which hasn't been seen since the Sixties.Trade ReviewThe Rise of a New Left is an engrossing behind-the-scenes account of our decade's breakout political movement. It is also an invaluable second draft of history that readers and scholars will consult for many years to understand the opportunities and challenges of socialist organizing in the first decades of the 21st century. -- Atossa Araxia Abrahamian, author of The Cosmopolites: The Coming of the Global CitizenI was on the verge of getting sad about politics, again. Then I picked up The Rise of a New Left, I was reminded of all the energy on the young left, and I started feeling hope again. If you don't know this movement, you could find no better way to learn about it than this book. -- Doug Henwood, host, Behind the News, KPFAAn exceptionally well-informed report from the ranks of the most dynamic, constructive movement in contemporary American politics. Few books can be profitably read as history, journalism, and political field manual, but this one succeeds on all three fronts. -- Patricia O'Toole, author of The Moralist: Woodrow Wilson and the World He MadeAn important primer on the young activists and politicians whose mandate is nothing less than saving our country. -- Gary Shteyngart, author of Our Country Friends: A NovelAn insider's account of how young progressives are influencing American politics and culture...an inspirational introduction to young progressives and the causes they're fighting for. * Publishers Weekly *A well-reported introduction to a growing, controversial movement among the younger electorate. * Kirkus *A sobering yet inspirational record of what leftists have been up to post-Bernie....by highlighting the work of a diverse array of left organizations and their leaders, most of whom are women, Lipsitz does justice to the Left as a whole. -- James J. Jackson * Democratic Left *Lipsitz's The Rise of a New Left: How Young Radicals Are Shaping the Future of American Politics is the best book I've read on the evolution of radical politics in recent years. -- John Nichols * Cap Times *

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Book SynopsisThe Syrian Social Nationalist Party devoted itself to reviving and unifying the Syrian nation and establishing this nation’s complete independence over its historical homeland, Greater Syria. It continues its struggle today, influencing and shaping Lebanese and Syrian society and politics. Yet, the party remains largely unknown and misunderstood, a condition that stems from the lack of any comprehensive study of it. This book fills this gap. Syrian nationalism and nationalist movements, generally speaking, have been largely neglected and ignored by historians, scholars, and observers of the Middle East. So, too, has the SSNP. The lack of detailed and nuanced analyses has left significant gaps in the party’s rich history unaddressed and enabled the perpetuation of inaccuracies and misperceptions regarding its past. Given this and the party’s ongoing relevance in Lebanon and Syria, a thorough examination of the early history of the SSNP, the political organization and movement that embodied Syrian nationalism’s most explicit, most cogent expression is even more necessary. Based on an extensive and thorough examination of Arabic, French, and English primary sources, the monograph is the first comprehensive, systematic history of the SSNP to date, detailing its struggle to fulfill its nationalist vision and establish a secular, independent state in Greater Syria through a thorough analysis of its formation, evolution, and political activities in Lebanon and Syria. Table of ContentsThe book is divided into four parts, each with three chapters. The Introduction provides a general historical overview of the development of Syrian nationalism and the idea of Greater Syria, contextualizing the formation of Saʿadeh’s political thought and the establishment of the SSNP within this discourse. It also addresses the popular discourse on the SSNP in Lebanon and Syria during the period studied and, briefly, the book’s sources, methodology, and structure. Part One, A New Generation (Chapters 1-3), examines Saʿadeh’s first attempts at political organization and activism in the South American mahjar until his return to Lebanon in 1930, the party’s pre-history. It then analyzes the first six years of the SSNP’s existence, from its inception as a clandestine movement in 1932 through its discovery by French authorities in 1935 and its open political activities until Saʿadeh’s exile in 1938. Significantly, it details the party’s growth, shedding light on its recruitment methods, ideological and organizational development, and its geographic expansion in the urban and rural centers of Lebanon and Syria. Part Two, The War Years (Chapters 4-6), details the party’s activity in the mahjar and Syria and Lebanon from the beginning of Saʿadeh’s de facto exile in 1938 until the end of World War II. The first five years of this period were characterized by an intense confrontation with the French that would take a heavy toll on the party. The beleaguered party would find respite in an alliance forged with leading Lebanese politicians in 1943, but it came at a price: shunning the party’s ideological commitment to Greater Syria. The decision of the party leadership to shun Syrian nationalism would bring it into conflict with Saʿadeh and others who viewed it as a deviation that needed to be corrected and put to an end. Part Three, The Road to a Failed Revolution and Its Aftermath (Chapters 7-9), analyzes the tumultuous period in the party’s history that preceded and then intensified Saʿadeh’s return to Lebanon in March 1947. This period was characterized by internal party strife and renewed confrontation with Lebanese authorities as the party under Saʿadeh reasserted its Syrian nationalist creed, which directly challenged the idea of Lebanese independence. The confrontation reached its apogee in the SSNP’s failed “social nationalist revolution” and Saʿadeh’s subsequent execution in the summer of 1949, after which the party was outlawed in Lebanon and forced to move the center of its activities to Damascus and bide its time in Lebanon. Part Four, Advance and Retreat (Chapters 10-12), examines the ways in which the SSNP acted to shape the emerging regional and domestic orders in accordance with its ideological vision in the 1950s. Its good relations with Chamoun and his government in Lebanon and Shishakli and his regime in Syria enabled the party to develop its strength and expand its influence in both countries. However, a lack of broad popular appeal and poor decision making would lead the SSNP into open conflict with its increasingly powerful rivals the Baʿth and the communists, who succeeded in defeating the party and forcing it to retreat from the Syrian public sphere. In Lebanon, the party would fight to preserve Lebanon’s independence against Communist and Arab nationalist designs but would reap little reward for its efforts following the events of 1958. The Epilogue, The Rise of Factionalism, examines the party’s journey to its present, fractured state, demonstrating how the seeds of factionalism planted in the party’s early years bore their bitter fruit over time. It addresses the party’s activities during the Lebanese Civil War and the Syrian Civil War, its alliance with Hezbollah, and the party’s major splits and their sources. Finally, it provides an assessment of why the SSNP has failed to transform into a mass political movement and obtain significant, lasting political power, and will likely never do so.

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Book SynopsisThis book addresses an under-researched area within populism studies: the discourse of supporters of populist parties. Taking the 2019 European elections as their case study, the authors analyse how supporters in eleven different countries construct identities and voting motivations on social media. The individual chapters comprise a range of methods to investigate data from different social media platforms, defining populism as a political strategy and/or practice, realised in discourse, that is based on a dichotomy between “the people”, who are unified by their will, and an out-group whose actions are not in the interest of the people, with a leader safeguarding the interests of the people against the out-group. The book identifies what motivates people to vote for populist parties, what role national identities and values play in those motivations, and how the social media postings of populist parties are recontextualised in supporters’ comments to serve as a voting motivation.

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Book SynopsisHow queerness and radical politics intersectedearlier than you thought. Well before Stonewall, a broad cross section of sexual dissidents took advantage of their space on the margins of American society to throw themselves into leftist campaigns. Sensitive already to sexual marginalization, they also saw how class inequality was exacerbated by the Great Depression, witnessing the terrible bread lines and bread riots of the era. They participated in radical labor organizing, sympathized like many with the earlyprewar Soviet Union, contributed to the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War, opposed US police and state harassment, fought racial discrimination, and aligned themselves with the dispossessed. Whether they were themselves straight, gay, or otherwise queer, they brought sexual dissidence and radicalism into conversation at the height of the Left's influence on American culture. Combining rich archival research with inventive analysis of art and literature, Love's Next MeetiTrade Review“A startling and joyful work of scholarship, a book about revolutionary people that feels revolutionary itself.” * Jacobin *"Nothing less than revelatory. . . . As Lecklider shows, through a combination of meticulous archival research and astute, often surprising analysis, in the decades before Stonewall, homosexual and gender nonconforming men and women were fighting for liberation through involvement with the Left. . . . They took part in radical labor organizing, joined the fight against Fascism in the Spanish Civil War, opposed racism, sexism, and state and police repression. They were intersectional avant la lettre." * PopMatters *“Rather than treat political radicalism and dissident sexuality as discrete phenomena, Lecklider convincingly demonstrates how sexual “deviance” and anti-capitalist views coevolved alongside racial and immigrant justice and women’s liberation in the context of the US's diversifying urban centers. . . . Students of sexuality, American radicalism, and urban history will learn much from Love’s Next Meeting.” * CHOICE *“Lecklider traces a usable past for queer-Left politics that is saturated with humor and memorable detail. . . . Love’s Next Meeting makes a major contribution to histories of sexuality, queer politics, the Left, and American culture. Deeply researched, powerfully argued, and passionately written." * Journal of the History of Sexuality * "Pithy and provocative, Love’s Next Meeting is the culmination of Lecklider’s years long deep dive into the question of why sexual dissidents were attracted to the Old Left even though the Left officially rejected them." * Against the Current: A Socialist Journal *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Deviant Politics 1. "Flaunting the Transatlantic Breeze": Sexual Dissidents on the Left 2. "After Sex, What?": Politicizing Sex on the Left 3. "To Be One with the People": Homosexuality and the Cultural Front 4. "If I Can Die under You": Homosexuality and Labor on the Left 5. "Socialism & Sex Is What I Want": Women, Gender, and Sexual Dissidence in the 1930s and 1940s 6. "Playing the Queers": Homosexuality in Proletarian Literature 7. "We Who Are Not Ill": Queer Antifascism 8. "The Secret Element of Their Vice": Deviant Politics in the Cold War List of Abbreviations Notes Index

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Book SynopsisJennifer Allen details a German utopian movement that arose against capitalist triumphalism at the end of the Cold War. Describing public art and history projects, alongside novel community-centered political institutions, Allen shows how activists invited ordinary people to build a radically new society free from alienation and disenfranchisement.Trade ReviewJennifer Allen’s splendid book on the survival and transformation of utopia in late–twentieth-century Germany announces a brilliant career. Far from dying, hope was rehabilitated in surprising places and projects across the divide of 1989, sheltered in fascinating new forms she intrepidly reconstructs in luminous prose. Those forms matter for their own sakes, and because the future does not just threaten catastrophe and desperation. It might also bring us within reach of stupendous and unexpected opportunity. -- Samuel Moyn, author of The Last Utopia: Human Rights in HistorySustainable Utopias provides innovative insights into creative social movements that brought up a new artistic and democratic ‘history from below.’ Allen brilliantly analyzes different ways of coping with the German past that have shaped both the present and visions of the future. If you want to know how a new memory culture was created in the streets of Berlin, read this book. -- Frank Bösch, University of PotsdamAllen takes us deep into the intellectual world of West Germany’s left-liberal activist milieu. Against the backdrop of Helmut Kohl’s 1980s, she compellingly uncovers the utopian projects pursued by ‘spatial interventionist’ artists, the West Berlin History Workshop, and the Green Party. Sustainable Utopias is essential reading for anyone trying to understand contemporary Germany. -- Astrid M. Eckert, author of West Germany and the Iron CurtainIn this excitingly multifaceted study of Germany in the 1980s and 1990s, Allen combines art and aesthetics with the social history of intellectuals and the emergent political forms of the time. She sees history’s epistemologies as intricately grounded not just in the period’s cultural and political climate, but in the working contexts and working practices historians and artists tried to develop. -- Geoff Eley, University of MichiganA fascinating, original study of ‘sustainable’ utopias in German society from the 1970s into the twenty-first century. Allen examines three utopian networks never before brought together under the same narrative umbrella. Instead of trying to create ‘heaven on earth,’ they had more adaptive and limited aims achievable not through the wholesale transformation of society but through repeatable micro-actions in small-scale venues. Based on impressive research, this book is an important contribution to the scholarship on German utopian thought and contemporary cultural and political history. -- Rudy J. Koshar, University of Wisconsin, Emeritus

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