Neoliberal Nationalism
Neoliberal Nationalism
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The Brexit and Trump shocks of 2016 mark a deep caesura in the history of liberal societies. It is no longer sufficient, if it ever was, to look at Western states' immigration and citizenship policies through the single lens of advancing liberalism. Instead, two additional forces need to be reckoned with: a new nationalism, but also the neoliberal restructuring of state and society in which it is generated. Joppke demonstrates that many of the new policies have their roots in neoliberalism rather than the new nationalism. Moreover, some of them, such as 'earned citizenship', are the product of neoliberalism and nationalism working in tandem, in terms of a neoliberal nationalism. The neoliberalism-nationalism nexus is complex, its elements sometimes opposing but sometimes complementing or even constituting one another. This topical book will appeal to students and scholars of populism, nationalism, and immigration and citizenship, across comparative politics, sociology and political theory.
- ddot; Explores the linkage between the rise of new nationalism and populism in the West and the neoliberal restructuring of society and state · Argues that many restrictive trends in immigration and citizenship policies have their roots in neoliberalism rather than more recent populism or nationalism · Gives an incisive analysis of recent events including Brexit, the election of Donald Trump, and the Syrian refugee crisis in Germany
Reviews & endorsements
‘Neoliberal Nationalism is a masterfully executed analysis of the impact of neoliberalism and contemporary nationalism on immigration and citizenship policy across the Global North. By analyzing neoliberalism and nationalism side-by-side, Joppke once again breaks new theoretical ground. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in immigration populism.' Antje Ellermann, Associate Professor of Political Science (Comparative Politics), and Director of the Institute for European Studies, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
'This book is an impressive achievement. It is a work of wide-ranging synthesis - drawing on political theory, immigration studies, and political economy - and of penetrating analysis. Swimming against a mighty current, Joppke rejects the term ‘populism’ as so varied in meaning to be devoid of content and instead explains immigration and citizenship policy with reference to two concepts: nationalism and neo-liberalism. Brexit, Trump, and the far-right are the triumph of an ugly and exclusivist nationalism, and all three are both products and critiques of neo-liberalism. Contemporary immigration and citizenship are anti-nationalist but neo-liberal: qualifications-based, rights-denuded, and increasingly temporary in the former, earned rather than automatically acquired in the latter. Liberalism, both bloodied and bowed, will survive the dual onslaught, but it will never be the same. Analytically powerful and beautifully written, this is the best book on immigration and citizenship available.' Randall Hansen, University of Toronto
Product details
January 2021Hardback
9781108482592
220 pages
236 × 158 × 24 mm
0.63kg
Available
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. The Neoliberalism-Nationalism Nexus
- 2. Courting the Top, Fending Off the Bottom: Immigration in the Populist Storm
- 3. More Difficult to Get, Easier to Lose, Less in Value: The Rise of Earned Citizenship
- 4. End of Liberalism?
- Endnotes
- Bibliography.
