by Patrick Diamond (Editor)
About the Author
Patrick Diamond is Senior Lecturer in Public Policy, Queen Mary, University of London and Chair of the Policy Network think-tank. He is the former Head of Policy Planning in Number Ten Downing Street. Patrick's publications include Endgame for the Centre Left? The Retreat of Social Democracy across Europe; Can Labour Win? The Hard Road to Power; The Predistribution Agenda: Tackling Inequality and Supporting Sustainable Growth (with Claudia Chwalisz); Governing Britain: Power, Politics and the Prime Minister; Progressive Politics After the Crash (with Olaf Cramme and Michael McTernan); and After the Third Way (with Olaf Cramme).
About this book
In recent years, the effects of economic openness and technological change have fuelled dissatisfaction with established political systems and led to new forms of political populism that exploit the economic and political resentment created by globalization. This shift in politics was evident in the decision by UK voters to leave the European Union in June 2016, the November 2016 election of Donald Trump to the presidency of the United States, as well as the rise of populist movements on left and right throughout much of Europe. To many voters, the economy appears to be broken. Conventional politics is failing. Parties of the left and centre-left have struggled to forge a convincing response to this new phase of globalization in the aftermath of the 2008 crisis. This book examines the challenges that the new era of globalization poses for progressive parties and movements across the world. It brings together leading thinkers and experts including Andrew Gamble, Jeffry Frieden and Vivien Schmidt to debate the structural causes and political consequences of this new wave of globalization.
Brief contents
Introduction
The Great Globalization Disruption: Democracy, Capitalism and Inequality in the Industrialized World
Part I: Taking Stock – the Rise of the New Populism
1. Globalization and the New Populism
2. The Backlash Against Globalization and the Future of the International Economic Order
3. Populist Political Communication Going Mainstream? The Influence of Populist Parties on Centre-Left Parties in Western Europe
4. Europeans and Globalization: Does the EU Square the Circle?
5. How can Social Democratic Parties in Government Deal with the Consequences of Globalization?
Part II: Brexit, Populism and the Future of the European Union
6. Brexit and Globalization: Collateral Damage or an Accident Waiting to Happen?
7. The EU in Crises: Brexit, Populism and the Future of the Union
8. Brexit: A Consequence of Globalization or a Case of British Exceptionalism?
Part III: What is to be Done? Domestic and International Policies to Deal with Globalization
9. Where Might the Next Generation of Progressive Ideas and Programmes Come From? Contemporary Discontents, Future Possibilities for Europe
10. Globalization as a Losing Game? Reforming Social Policies to Address the Malaise of Globalization’s Losers
11. Social Investment Beyond Lip-Service
12. Addressing Global Inequality: Is the EU Part of the Equation?
13. Social Democracy in an Era of Automation and Globalization
Series: Policy Network
Length: 304 pages
Publisher: I.B. Tauris (February 21, 2019)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1788315154
ISBN-13: 978-1788315159