Nativist Nation
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Nativist Nation

Populism, Grievance, Identity, and the Transformation of American Politics

  1. 192 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Nativist Nation

Populism, Grievance, Identity, and the Transformation of American Politics

About this book

This book presents nativism – the notion that foreign-born immigrants are not "real" Americans – as the leading ideological feature of American politics. Clifford Young and Kirby Goidel offer a rigorous and operational definition of nativism that, in combination with original survey data, explores public attitudes about who counts as an American.

They explain the economic, demographic, and cultural circumstances that cause this condition to break through and demonstrate its distinguishing policy preferences. Not only do the authors define the US as a Nativist Nation historically, they also show how it has profoundly affected contemporary politics.

Specifically, they look at the primary elections in 2015–2016, during which Donald Trump tapped into a wellspring of nativist sentiment and found a receptive audience thanks to bold rhetoric.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. List of Figures and Tables
  3. Chapter 1 An Introduction to a Nativist Nation: Building a Wall to the Trump Presidency?
  4. Chapter 2 What Nativism Is? (and What It Isn’t): Conceptual Definitions and Origins Vignette: Pollster Insights
  5. Chapter 3 Who is a Nativist? The Contours of a Nativist Nation
  6. Chapter 4 Why Now? The (Re)Emergence of Nativism
  7. Chapter 5 Why Nativism Matters: How Nativism Conditions Politics
  8. Chapter 6 Racism by Another Name? The Politics of Nativism and White Grievance
  9. Chapter 7 Who Are the Real Americans? How Americans Define Who Counts as an American
  10. Chapter 8 Not So Exceptional After All? Nativism Goes Global
  11. Chapter 9 Conclusions: The Future of Nativism
  12. References
  13. Index