Whiteshift

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Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration and the Future of White Majorities
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First edition
AuthorEric Kaufmann
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
SubjectWhiteshift, white identity politics
Published2018
PublisherAllen Lane
Media typePrint, e-book
Pages624 pp
ISBN978-1-46831-697-1 (Hardcover)

Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration and the Future of White Majorities is a 2018 non-fiction book written by Birkbeck College, University of London professor Eric Kaufmann.[1] Described by The Economist as a "monumental study of ethno-demographic change",[2] Whiteshift covers politics in both Europe and North America and looks into the political views of the populist right.[3][4] Kaufmann argues that the rise of Donald Trump in America and the populist right in Europe is a reaction to sweeping demographic change rather than to "economic anxiety".[5]

Reviews[]

On release, The Times made Whiteshift the 'Book of the Week' but with a sceptical review by David Aaronovitch,[6] who called it "a big controversial book about a big controversial subject".[7] Publishers Weekly said it was "likely to make a big splash",[8] and The Financial Times listed it as one of the 'Best books of 2018' in the politics genre.[9] The New Yorker wrote that Kaufmann and Whiteshift were defending white identity politics.[10] Daniel Trilling, in the London Review of Books, was critical of the book, describing Kaufmann's frame of reference as "both too broad and too narrow".[11]

References[]

  1. ^ Isaac Chotiner (April 30, 2019). "A Political Scientist Defends White Identity Politics". The New Yorker.
  2. ^ "Two new books explain the Brexit revolt". The Economist. November 3, 2018.
  3. ^ Park MacDougald (March 1, 2019). "A Different Way to Think About White Identity Politics". New York magazine.
  4. ^ Zack Beauchamp (February 26, 2019). "The Virtue of Nationalism and Whiteshift: Books that explain Trump". Vox.
  5. ^ Theodore Kupfer (April 4, 2019). "Whiteshift: Identity Politics in an Era of Demographic Change". National Review.
  6. ^ David Aaronovitch (October 26, 2018). "Review: Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration and the Future of White Majorities by Eric Kaufmann — are white people really in decline?". The Times.
  7. ^ Jasper Hamill (January 30, 2019). "Will racist white people 'exit into a 1950s-style simulation' to avoid growing diversity in the West?". Metro.
  8. ^ "Whiteshift: the turbulent journey from a world of racially homogeneous white majorities to one of racially hybrid majorities". Abrams Books.
  9. ^ Gideon Rachman (November 23, 2018). "Best books of 2018: Politics". Financial Times.
  10. ^ Isaac Chotiner (April 30, 2019). "A Political Scientist Defends White Identity Politics". The New Yorker.
  11. ^ Daniel Trilling (201). "'I'm not racist, but ...'".

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