Cultural Backlash: Trump, Brexit and Authoritarian Populism

Abstract

The book on which this review is based is one of the most recent in the study of the development of 21st century populism. In it, the authors advance a general theory that explains how a revolution in values has been the trigger for support for populist-authoritarian forces in Europe and the United States, something that had not previously been done for such a wide range of countries. To do this they establish the fundamentals for understanding how and why [...]