"The Populist Explosion" is essential reading for anyone hoping to grasp the forces that are altering the course of history, written by a brilliant observer who has seen the change coming. His previous books include The Emerging Democratic Majority, which he cowrote with Ruy Teixeira, as well as The Populist Explosion, The Folly of Empire, and. Judis, one of America's most respected political analysts, tells us why we need to learn about the populist movement that began in the United States in the 1890s and whose politics have recurred on both sides of the Atlantic ever since. As if overnight, many Democrats revolted and passionately backed a socialist named Bernie Sanders the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, in a stunning rebuke the nativist billionaire Donald Trump became the presidential nominee of the Republican Party and a slew of extreme parties continued to win election after election in countries like Switzerland, Norway, Italy, Austria, and Greece.
In the spring and summer of 2016, the world's richest democracies witnessed a collective upheaval that shocked the globe and seemed impossible to understand. What's happening in global politics, and is there a thread that ties it all together? There is, and it is called populism. Judis on his new book, The Populist Explosion on Wednesday, October 5th at 7pm.
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