This edited volume offers new insights into the populist wave that
is affecting democratic politics in a large number of countries.
The authoritarian populist turn that has developed in the US and
various European countries in recent years both reflects and
exacerbates the polarization of public opinion that increasingly
characterizes democratic politics. The book seeks to explain how
and why authoritarian populist opinion has developed and been
mobilised in democratic countries. It also explores the
implications of this growth in authoritarian, anti-immigrant
sentiment for the operation of democratic politics in the future.
It concludes that liberals may need to abandon their big-hearted
internationalist instinct for open and unmanaged national borders
and tacit indifference to illegal immigration. They should instead
fashion a distinctively liberal position on immigration based on
the socially progressive traditions of planning, public services,
community cohesion and worker protection against exploitation. To
do otherwise would be to provide the forces of illiberal
authoritarianism with an opportunity to advance unparalleled since
the 1930s and to destroy the extraordinary post-war achievements of
the liberal democratic order.
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