The Trump revolt (Pocket Politics)
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| Rating | : | 4.85 (781 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1526122987 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 88 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Edward Ashbee is Programme Director of International Business and Politics at Copenhagen Business School
About the AuthorEdward Ashbee is Programme Director of International Business and Politics at Copenhagen Business School
This book considers the reasons for Donald Trump's surprise victory in the 2016 presidential election. It charts the prolonged campaign and the realigning processes that took place, analysing the ideas that defined the Trump platform, the electoral shifts in states regarded as solid 'firewalls' for the Democratic Party and the responses of Republican Party elites.Although he is subject to contradictory pressures, the book places Trump firmly within the right-wing populist tradition. The book concludes by assessing the extent to which Trump's victory and parallel developments in Europe mark a reconfiguration of neoliberalism.. However, it argues that the sentiments that drove his campaign were not only a response to econom