{"product_id":"politics-of-losing-1","title":"Politics of Losing","description":"The Ku Klux Klan has peaked three times in American history: after the Civil War, around the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, and in the 1920s, when the Klan spread farthest and fastest. Recruiting millions of members even in non-Southern states, the Klan’s nationalist insurgency burst into mainstream politics. Almost one hundred years later, the pent-up anger of white Americans left behind by a changing economy has once again directed itself at immigrants and cultural outsiders and roiled a presidential election.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Losing\u003c\/i\u003e, Rory McVeigh and Kevin Estep trace the parallels between the 1920s Klan and today’s right-wing backlash, identifying the conditions that allow white nationalism to emerge from the shadows. White middle-class Protestant Americans in the 1920s found themselves stranded by an economy that was increasingly industrialized and fueled by immigrant labor. Mirroring the Klan’s earlier tactics, Donald Trump delivered a message that mingled economic populism with deep cultural resentments. McVeigh and Estep present a sociological analysis of the Klan’s outbreaks that goes beyond Trump the individual to show how his rise to power was made possible by a convergence of circumstances. White Americans’ experience of declining privilege and perceptions of lost power can trigger a political backlash that overtly asserts white-nationalist goals. \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Losing\u003c\/i\u003e offers a rigorous and lucid explanation for a recurrent phenomenon in American history, with important lessons about the origins of our alarming political climate.","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54222313685336,"sku":"9780231190077","price":38.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780231190077_8524fdcc-e97c-4939-b89c-877bccc744cc.jpg?v=1770193829","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/politics-of-losing-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}