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Values, Voice And Virtue
''Values, Voice and Virtue: The New British Politics'' is a 2023 book by political scientist Matthew Goodwin, published by Penguin Books. The book's argument has proved to be controversial and it has attracted some highly critical reviews. ''Values, Voice and Virtue'' became a ''Sunday Times'' Bestseller, entering the non-fiction chart on 9 April 2023 at number 2 in general paperbacks. It was also listed among the ''Financial Times'' best summer 2023 books, selected by Gideon Rachman. Reception In the ''Financial Times'', Nick Pearce noted that Goodwin's overall thesis is that events such as Brexit, the rising prominence of the radical right, and Johnson's 2019 general election victory are manifestations of a realignment in British politics, which pits marginalised, white working class, and older, socially conservative, non-graduate voters against a "new elite" of progressives who have been university-educated. Reviewing the book in ''The Times'', Sebastian Payne praised it, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Goodwin
Matthew James Goodwin (born December 1981) is a British right-wing political commentator, political scientist, and former academic recognised for his research on populism and right-wing movements. He is currently a presenter at GB News. Goodwin's most recent academic role was as a professor of politics in the School of Politics and International Relations at the University of Kent, where he was employed for nine years before departing in July 2024. He also served on the Social Mobility Commission from September 2022 to 2023. He is the author of the two Sunday Times Best Sellers: '' Values, Voice and Virtue: The New British Politics'' and '' National Populism: The Revolt Against Liberal Democracy'' (co-authored with Roger Eatwell). He is also the co-author of ''Revolt on the Right: Explaining Support for the Radical Right in Britain'' (with Robert Ford), which was long-listed for the 2015 Orwell Prize. Goodwin has a large following on websites like Twitter/X and Substack, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew D'Ancona
Matthew Robert Ralph d'Ancona (born 27 January 1968) is an English journalist and editor-at-large of ''The New European''. A former deputy editor of '' The Sunday Telegraph'', he was appointed editor of '' The Spectator'' in February 2006, a post he retained until August 2009. Early life and education D'Ancona's father was a Maltese tennis champion of Italian descent who moved to England to study and played youth football for Newcastle United before becoming a civil servant. His mother was an English teacher. D'Ancona was educated at St Dunstan's College, an independent school for boys in Catford in south London. He went to Magdalen College, Oxford, where he studied Modern History. The same year, he was elected a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. Life and career After a year studying medieval confession, d'Ancona joined the magazine '' Index on Censorship'', before proceeding to ''The Times'' as a trainee. There he rose to become education correspondent and then assi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Books About Populism
A book is a structured presentation of recorded information, primarily verbal and graphical, through a medium. Originally physical, electronic books and audiobooks are now existent. Physical books are objects that contain printed material, mostly of writing and images. Modern books are typically composed of many pages Bookbinding, bound together and protected by a Book cover, cover, what is known as the ''codex'' format; older formats include the scroll and the Clay tablet, tablet. As a conceptual object, a ''book'' often refers to a written work of substantial length by one or more authors, which may also be distributed digitally as an electronic book (ebook). These kinds of works can be broadly Library classification, classified into fiction (containing invented content, often narratives) and non-fiction (containing content intended as factual truth). But a physical book may not contain a written work: for example, it may contain ''only'' drawings, engravings, photographs, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
