The Age of Discontent

by Matthew Rhodes-Purdy, Rachel Navarre, Stephen Utych

The years following the 2008 financial crisis produced a surge of political discontent with populism, conspiracism, and Far Right extremism rising across the world. Despite this timing, many of these movements coalesced around cultural issues rather than economic grievances. But if culture, and not economics, is the primary driver of political discontent, why did these developments emerge after a financial collapse, a pattern that repeats throughout...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009279394
• ISBN13: 9781009279390
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"