The New Class War

Author: Michael Lind

Brand: Portfolio

Color: Black

Binding: hardcover

Number Of Pages: 224

Release Date: 21-01-2020

Part Number: 35445427

Details: In both Europe and North America, populist movements have shattered existing party systems and thrown governments into turmoil. The embattled establishment claims that these populist insurgencies seek to overthrow liberal democracy. The truth is no less alarming but is more complex: Western democracies are being torn apart by a new Class war. In this controversial and ground-breaking new analysis, Michael Lind, one of America's leading thinkers, debunks the idea that the insurgencies are primarily the result of bigotry, traces how the breakdown of mid-century Class compromises between business and lab or led to the conflict, and reveals the real battle lines. On one side is the managerial overclass-the university-credential elite that clusters in high-income hubs and dominates government, the economy and the culture. On the other side is the working class of the low-density heartlands-mostly, but not exclusively, native and white. The two classes clash over immigration, trade, The environment, and social values, and the managerial Class has had the upper hand. As a result of the half-century decline of the institutions that once empowered the working class, power has shifted to the institutions the over Class controls: corporations, executive and judicial branches, universities, and the media. The class war can resolve in one of three ways: ·The triumph of the over Class, resulting in a high-tech caste system. ·The empowerment of populist, resulting in no constructive reforms ·a class compromise that provides the working class with real power Lind argues that Western democracies must incorporate working-class majorities of all races, ethnicities, and creeds into decision making in politics, the economy, and culture. Only this class compromise can avert a never-ending cycle of clashes between oligarchs and populists and save democracy.

EAN: 9780593083697

Package Dimensions: 8.7 x 6.0 x 0.2 inches

Languages: English