Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration, and the Future of White Majorities"This ambitious and provocative work . . . delves into white anxiety about the demographic decline of white populations in Western nations" ( Publishers Weekly). "Whiteshift" is defined as the turbulent journey from a world of racially homogeneous white majorities to one of racially hybrid majorities. In this dada-driven study, political scientist Eric Kaufmann explores how these demographic changes across Western societies are transforming their politics. The early stages of this transformation have led to a populist disruption, tearing a path through the usual politics of left and right. If we want to avoid more radical political divisions, Kaufmann argues, we have to enable white conservatives as well as cosmopolitans to view whiteshift as a positive development. Kaufmann examines the evidence to explore ethnic change in North American and Western Europe. Tracing four ways of dealing with this transformation—fight, repress, flight, and join—he makes a persuasive call to move beyond empty talk about national identity. Deeply thought provoking, enriched with illustrative stories, and drawing on detailed and extraordinary survey, demographic, and electoral data, Whiteshift will redefine the way we discuss race in the twenty-first century. |
Contents
EthnoTraditional Nationalism in an Age | |
The Erosion of English Reserve | |
The Rise and Rise of the Populist Right in Europe | |
RightWing Populism in | |
From NineteenthCentury Bohemia to | |
LeftModernism versus the Populist Right | |
The Geographic and Social Retreat of White | |
Other editions - View all
Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration, and the Future of White Majorities Eric Kaufmann No preview available - 2020 |
Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration and the Future of White Majorities Eric P. Kaufmann No preview available - 2018 |
Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration, and the Future of White Majorities Eric Kaufmann No preview available - 2019 |
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