Inclusive Populism

Creating Citizens in the Global Age

Angus Ritchie

• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN: 9780268105785, 9780268105778
• eBook ISBN: 9780268105792
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: Conservatism & Liberalism
• Index: Politics & International Relations

In this first volume in the Contending Modernities series, Inclusive Populism: Creating Citizens in the Global Age, Angus Ritchie claims that our current political upheavals, exemplified by the far-right populism of billionaire Donald Trump, reveal fundamental flaws in secular liberalism. Ritchie maintains that both liberalism and this "fake populism" resign citizens to an essentially passive role in public life.

Ritchie argues instead for an "inclusive populism," in which religious and nonreligious identities and institutions are fully represented in the public square, engaging the diverse communities brought together by global migration to build and lead a common life. Drawing on twenty years of experience in action and reflection in East London, Ritchie posits that the practice of community organizing exemplifies a truly inclusive populism, and that it is also reflected in the teaching of Pope Francis.

Speaking to our political crisis and mapping out a way forward, Inclusive Populism will appeal to thoughtful readers and active citizens interested in politics, community organizing, and religion.

INDEX

abortion, 75–76, 100–102

Achola, Lucy, 43–44

Acton, Lord, 30

Affordable Care Act, 47

affordable housing campaigns

Community Land Trust, 33, 98–99, 116, 134

East London Mosque participation in, 38

impact on integration, 116

of London Citizens, 29, 98–99

Manor Park parish participation in, 43–44

Nehemiah Housing, 46, 134

role of religious institutions in, 116, 149

African American population, 83, 117, 143

After Virtue (MacIntyre), 139

agency

in community organizing, 35

in inclusive populism, 4

lacking in fake populism, 5

in liberalism, 10

in populism of Pope Francis, 18–19

in voluntarism, 63–64

Alfonso, Father, 47

Ali, Ruhana, x

Alinsky, Saul, 28, 144

concerns regarding teaching of, 69–70

on financial independence, 33–34

founding the IAF, 5, 158n3

on grassroots organizing, 84

impacts on populism, 140

instrumentalizing institutions, 45

leadership development of, 41

on self-interest, 36, 76–77, 78

use of tension, 31–32

on wedge issues, 99

“Alliance Schools” program, 56, 115

Anthony (Zimbabwean asylum seeker), 40–41

antipolitical populism, 5, 71–72

anti-usury law campaigns, 93–96, 100, 149

Aristotle, 153

Bachelard, Sarah, 96, 99

Bannon, Steve, 117

Barclay, David, x, 15, 51, 72–74, 91–92, 122, 125, 144, 149, 152, 164n35

Bari, Muhammad Abdul, 94

Barking and Dagenham (London borough), 113–16

Benedict XVI (pope), 93

“Big Society” program, 85–87

“birther” movement, 82

Blair, Tony, 1, 9, 86, 118

Blessed Are the Organized (Stout), 119

B’nai Jehoshua Beth Elohim (BJBE), Congregation, 47–49

BNP (British National Party), 114

Bolton, Matthew, 40–41

Bond, John, 32, 42

Booth, Catherine, 108

Booth, William, 108

Boyte, Harry, 21

Braunstein, Ruth, 140–41, 142, 167n8

Brazilian diaspora, 113

Bretherton, Luke, 5, 70, 71–72, 94–95, 129, 130, 131, 156n9

Brexit, 1, 2, 16, 114, 116, 122, 165n13

British Humanist Association, 152

British National Party (BNP), 114

Brown, Gordon, 85, 87

Brown, Peter, 66

BUILD (Baltimoreans United In Leadership Development), 46

Bunting, Madeline, 85, 86

Burbridge, Caitlin, x, 111–12, 120

Caesar, Pearl, 53

Cameron, David, 84, 85–87

Caritas in Veritate (Pope Benedict XVI), 93

Casey, Robert P., 75

Cavanaugh, William, 156–57n20

CDSP (Church Divinity School of the Pacific), 30–31

Centre for Theology and Community (CTC), x, 53, 91, 97

Chambers, Ed, 28, 36, 45, 77

child detention, 46, 110

Chinn, Trevor, 166n26

Chowdhury, Sotez, 114–15, 165n14

Christianity

declines in practice, 7–8

in global migration, 2–3, 6

inadequate representation of women in, 164n47

in liberalism’s history, 63

misconceptions of immigration’s impact on, 7–8, 122

in a pluralist society, 27–28, 138–39

populist visions in, 65–67, 138

in right-wing populism, 2, 8–9

similarities to other faiths, 99

usury teachings in, 24, 93–96

See also churches

“Christian populism,” 65–67, 138

Church Divinity School of the Pacific (CDSP), 30–31

churches

impact on relationships, 20

in Living Wage campaigns, 12

role in democracies, 11, 19–20

traditions embodied in, 139

transforming self-interest, 37

and wedge issues, 100

See also Christianity; religious institutions

Church Urban Fund survey, 50

citizens

in antipolitical populism, 71–72

community organizing’s challenge to, 153–54

convictions of, 3–4

in inclusive populism, 3, 58

in liberalism, 10, 156n20

in political populism, 70–71

role of institutions in forming, ix, 19–21, 71

See also agency

Citizens UK

accomplishments of, 46

accountability assemblies, 85, 87

the “Big Society” program and, 85–87

“CitySafe” campaign, 49–50, 112–13

the Congolese diaspora and, 110–13

economic inequalities addressed by, 150–51

financial independence of, 34, 85–86

the IAF and, x, 5, 158n3

inclusive approach of, 51, 72, 73–74, 122

integrating spirituality, 97

integration approach of, 110–13

international impact of, 169n9

“Just Money” campaign, 168n3

Living Wage campaign, 46, 134

membership dues, 34, 88

The Missing Muslims, 123–25, 166n26

mutual witnessing in, 49

pluralism of, 91–92

political populism of, 70–71

secular members, 50–51

“Strangers into Citizens” campaign, 132–33

strengthening institutions, 91

training in relational mee...

Table of contents

• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• ONE A Populist Moment
• TWO Community Organizing as Inclusive Populism
• THREE Engaging the Theoretical Debate I: A Critique of Liberalism
• FOUR Community Organizing: Six Challenges
• FIVE Integration, Islam, and Immigration
• SIX Engaging the Theoretical Debate II: Traditions, Pluralism, and Populism
• SEVEN Inclusive Populism and the Renewal of Politics
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index