Chained Together: National Populism and the Working Class in the Era of Globalization

One of the paradoxes of our full of controversies and drastic changes era was the union formed by national populists and a certain group of workers who just a few decades ago had been stalwart proponents of left-wing parties. Workers were the ones who secured Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 presi...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:0b7af644964148bd8c94118aa32eee802021-11-07T14:45:05ZChained Together: National Populism and the Working Class in the Era of Globalization2542-02402587-932410.23932/2542-0240-2021-14-4-12https://doaj.org/article/0b7af644964148bd8c94118aa32eee802021-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ogt-journal.com/jour/article/view/835https://doaj.org/toc/2542-0240https://doaj.org/toc/2587-9324One of the paradoxes of our full of controversies and drastic changes era was the union formed by national populists and a certain group of workers who just a few decades ago had been stalwart proponents of left-wing parties. Workers were the ones who secured Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 presidential elections and also were responsible for the rise of such populist parties as the National Rally (formerly, the National Front) and the Freedom Party of Austria in Europe. This paper is an attempt to analyze the reasons behind this alliance, the nature of relationships between workers and far-right populists and the prospects of cooperation in the future. In particular, there is an indication that the negative effects of globalization (delocation of production, increasing social inequality, and etc.), an actual switch by social democratic and center-left parties to neoliberalist views and an active utilization of social rhetoric by the “new right” politics have caused a certain part of workers to join their ranks. However, having secured the power, these national populist parties and politics mostly carried out reforms that favored the interests of business rather than those of ordinary voters. At the same time, a conclusion is drawn that the alliance between far-right populist parties and workers will continue in the near future. Both the crisis amidst “old” leftwing parties and social and economic problems will contribute to this eff ct.A. V. BelinskiyАссоциация независимых экспертов «Центр изучения кризисного общества» (in English: Association for independent experts “Center for Crisis Society Studies”)articleworking classnational populismdonald trumpnational rallyfreedom party of austriaglobalizationInternational relationsJZ2-6530ENRUКонтуры глобальных трансформаций: политика, экономика, право, Vol 14, Iss 4, Pp 202-218 (2021)
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topic working class
national populism
donald trump
national rally
freedom party of austria
globalization
International relations
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national populism
donald trump
national rally
freedom party of austria
globalization
International relations
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A. V. Belinskiy
Chained Together: National Populism and the Working Class in the Era of Globalization
description One of the paradoxes of our full of controversies and drastic changes era was the union formed by national populists and a certain group of workers who just a few decades ago had been stalwart proponents of left-wing parties. Workers were the ones who secured Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 presidential elections and also were responsible for the rise of such populist parties as the National Rally (formerly, the National Front) and the Freedom Party of Austria in Europe. This paper is an attempt to analyze the reasons behind this alliance, the nature of relationships between workers and far-right populists and the prospects of cooperation in the future. In particular, there is an indication that the negative effects of globalization (delocation of production, increasing social inequality, and etc.), an actual switch by social democratic and center-left parties to neoliberalist views and an active utilization of social rhetoric by the “new right” politics have caused a certain part of workers to join their ranks. However, having secured the power, these national populist parties and politics mostly carried out reforms that favored the interests of business rather than those of ordinary voters. At the same time, a conclusion is drawn that the alliance between far-right populist parties and workers will continue in the near future. Both the crisis amidst “old” leftwing parties and social and economic problems will contribute to this eff ct.
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title_short Chained Together: National Populism and the Working Class in the Era of Globalization
title_full Chained Together: National Populism and the Working Class in the Era of Globalization
title_fullStr Chained Together: National Populism and the Working Class in the Era of Globalization
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