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5 - Frozen Parties, Failing Markets

Discontent in the United States and United Kingdom

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2023

Matthew Rhodes-Purdy
Affiliation:
Clemson University, South Carolina
Rachel Navarre
Affiliation:
Bridgewater State University, Massachusetts
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Summary

This chapter begins applying the theory to the core cases, starting with Trumpism in the USA and Euroscepticism and Brexit in the United Kingdom. It traces the evolution of the populist radical right in both countries; throughout the process, economic trauma, compounded by inadequate or imprudent political responses to the unfolding crisis, stoked and inflamed cultural tensions. Yet in both cases, discontent failed to break through the political status quo as radical right antecedents like the Tea Party and the UK Independence Party (prior to Farage’s ascension to leadership) failed to embrace their supporters’ cultural radicalism. Only when Trump and Farage began to explicitly connect economics, culture, and politics did radical right populism manage to provoke a rupture. We support these arguments using original survey data in the USA, the British Election Study, and analyses of Trump’s rhetoric.

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The Age of Discontent
Populism, Extremism, and Conspiracy Theories in Contemporary Democracies
, pp. 95 - 128
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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