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Cultural anxiety, class and populism
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1 July 2012
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Cultural anxiety, class and populism

1 July 2012

Counterpoint’s Catherine Fieschi recently contributed an expert briefing paper to a Policy Network seminar on Populism, Extremism and the Mainstream.

“Separating economic and cultural concerns about immigration will suppress the left’s chances of addressing citizens’ anxieties. The forms of right-wing populism that have emerged across Europe are a powerful reminder of how culture and economics can merge into powerful expressions of class.”

The read it in full here