The Politics of Losing : : Trump, the Klan, and the Mainstreaming of Resentment / / Rory McVeigh, Kevin Estep.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
• VerfasserIn: McVeigh, Rory,; Estep, Kevin,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; 1. Introduction --; 2. The Ku Klux Klan in American History --; 3. Power and Political Alignments --; 4. Economics and White Nationalism --; 5. Where Trump Found His Base --; 6. Politics and White Nationalism --; 7. Status and White Nationalism --; 8. White Nationalism Versus the Press --; 9. The Future of White Nationalism and American Politics --; Conclusion: Making America White Again --; Appendix: Methods of Statistical Analysis --; Acknowledgments --; Notes --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231548700; 9783110651959; 9783110610765; 9783110664232; 9783110610130; 9783110606485
• DOI: 10.7312/mcve19006
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Rory McVeigh, Kevin Estep.

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.In The Politics of Losing, 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. The Politics of Losing offers a rigorous and lucid explanation for a recurrent phenomenon in American history, with important lessons about the origins of our alarming political climate.