Screen LibraryWhiteshift : populism, immigration, and the future of white majorities /
This is the century of whiteshift. As Western societies are becoming increasingly mixed-race, demographic change is transforming politics. Over half of American babies are non-white, and by the end of the century, minorities and those of mixed race are projected to form the majority in the UK and ot...
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Abrams Press,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | [2019] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
This is the century of whiteshift. As Western societies are becoming increasingly mixed-race, demographic change is transforming politics. Over half of American babies are non-white, and by the end of the century, minorities and those of mixed race are projected to form the majority in the UK and other countries. The early stages of this transformation have led to a populist disruption, tearing a path through the usual politics of left and right. One of the most crucial challenges of our time is to enable conservatives as well as cosmopolitans to view whiteshift as a positive development. In |
| Carrier Form: | vi, 618 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 541-594) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781468316971 1468316974 |
| Index Number: | HT1521 |
| CLC: |
D523.8-09 D091.5 |
| Call Number: | D091.5/K215 |
| Contents: | The century of whiteshift -- Part I: Fight. Prequel to whiteshift : from WASP to white in American history ; The rise of Trump : ethno-traditional nationalism in an age of immigration ; Britain : the erosion of English reserve ; The rise and rise of the populist right in Europe ; Canadian exceptionalism : right-wing populism in the Anglosphere -- Part II: Repress. Left-modernism : from nineteenth-century Bohemia to the campus wars ; Left-modernism versus the populist right -- Part III: Flee. Hunkering down : the geographic and social retreat of white majorities -- Part IV: Join. Mixing or mo |