Book description
What if politicians pose a graver threat to liberal democracy than mass migration?
Brexit and Donald Trump's victory were just the beginning -- and Marine Le Pen's defeat does not signal a turning of the tide. From the Introduction
From Europe to the United States, opportunistic politicians have exploited the…
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1 author picked Go Back to Where You Came From as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I can get wrapped up in the division and turmoil affecting my country, the United States. It is enlightening, if disheartening, to remember that Western democracies around the world are going through similar spasms.
Each nation has its own version of Make America Great Again and, as in the United States, the debate can often center around immigrants and their place in the nation. I like the expansive and global reporting that Polakow-Suransky brings to the topic.
His time at The New York Times, Foreign Policy, Foreign Affairs, and elsewhere was evident to me. I felt I was reading a…
From Jack's list on The best books on how scapegoating creates and tears apart nations.
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