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The left is likely to dominate the 21st century, and there is
little the right can do about this except adapt. This seems
counter-intuitive in light of the modest success the left has
enjoyed since the great financial crisis of 2008-09. Though
Democrats have done well in recent presidential elections,
progressives have found themselves unable to move their most
important policies forward, suffering through an endless series of
battles with a determined and extreme Republican party. This has
only been exacerbated by stunning Republican gains in recent
congressional elections. But this short-sighted perspective
overemphasizes the role of crisis and underestimates the role of
long-term fundamental change. The Optimistic Leftist takes a look
at the structural and economic shifts remaking advanced societies
and shows that the left is in a far better position to advance its
agenda than the right. Eventually, the right will be forced to play
on the left's terms to be competitive. This is because only the
left has growing, not declining, coalitional strength and only the
left is willing to confront and solve capitalism's "Piketty
problem" (a vicious cycle of rising inequality, stagnating living
standards and slowing economic growth) by building a new
equitable-growth "opportunity state."
A much-needed wake-up call for the Democrats, which reveals how the
party has lost sight of its core principles and endangered its
political future--from the authors of "one of the most influential
political books of the 21st century" (The New York Times) For
decades, American politics has been plagued by a breakdown between
the Democratic and Republican parties, in which victory has
inevitably led to defeat and vice versa. Both parties have lost
sight of the people at the center of the American electorate,
leading to polarization and paralysis. In Where Have All the
Democrats Gone?, John B. Judis and Ruy Teixeira reveal the tectonic
changes shaping the country's current political landscape that both
pundits and political scientists have missed. The Democratic Party,
once the preserve of small towns as well as big cities and of the
industrial working class and the newly immigrated, has abandoned
and even actively alienated many of these voters. In this clarion
call and essential argument for common sense and common ground,
Judis and Teixeira reveal the transformation of American politics
and provide a razor-sharp critique of where the Democrats have gone
awry and how they can avoid political disaster in the days ahead.
"Why Americans Don't Vote is a well-crafted and well-executed piece
of research. It stands as the best treatment of the topic, a topic
that has received a good deal of attention. I recommend this book
highly, both to those interested in understanding political
participation and to those interested in modelling change in
attitudes and behaviors generally." Contemporary Sociology
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