Populists and progressives : the new forces in American politics / Steven Rosefielde, Daniel Quinn Mills.
| Author/creator |
Rosefielde, Steven author. |
| Other author/creator | Mills, Daniel Quinn author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Hackensack, New Jersey : World Scientific, [2020] |
| Description | pages cm |
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| Contents | A time of confusion -- Revolt of the middle class : the populist right -- Populists are not conservatives -- Progressives are not liberals -- The end is all-important -- History as the servant of present-day politics -- How it is that centrists and progressives fear populists -- How it is that populists and others fear progressives -- The Mitterand rule -- Is there a place to hide? -- Domestic disintegration -- The struggle for the votes of a changing electorate -- The role of mass media -- The crisis of the establishment -- The surge of tribalism -- A president without a party -- Progressives try to displace liberals -- Will there be fighting in the streets? -- I won't pay for a landslide -- We know that woman! Celebrities in politics -- The politics of payback -- What a government stalemate is going to do -- The political future of populism -- An astonishing story -- Who will be the winner in November 2020? |
| Abstract | "Progressives and Populists alerts readers to dramatic changes in the ideological and political structure of America's Democratic and Republican parties roiling Washington and shaping the 2020 presidential election. America now has four distinct contentious political orientations: progressive, liberal, conservative and populist. The least well understood are the progressives, whose programs are often confused with socialism, and populists stigmatized as reactionaries. Each has its own agenda and presses programs that are incompatible with one another, auguring protracted strife and paralysis. The book carefully elaborates the substance of each movement and analyses the social, political and economic forces driving them. It assesses their staying power and prospects in the 2020 presidential election. The analysis reveals that most contemporary American political commentary is intensely partisan and relies on obsolete notions of Democrat and Republican party doctrine and rivalry, obscuring the transformation of American society, politics and economy. Progressives and Populists assists readers to dispel the fog, allowing them to judge the present danger and help in the search for consensus solutions. The book also predicts the winner of the 2020 presidential election"-- Provided by publisher. |
| LCCN | 2020004249 |
| ISBN | 9789811218408 |
| ISBN | 9789811217180 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | 9811217181 |
| ISBN | 9811218404 |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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