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The Delicate Order of Liberalism: Resentment Politics and the Public Trust

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dc.contributor.authorNelson, Scott G.en
dc.contributor.authorShelton, Joel T.en
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-30T16:33:24Zen
dc.date.available2022-01-30T16:33:24Zen
dc.date.issued2021-10-01en
dc.date.updated2022-01-30T16:33:22Zen
dc.description.abstractIn response to the advance of right-wing populism in many Western democracies, political economists have sought explanations for political disaffection in the socioeconomic dislocations wrought by globalization, deindustrialization, and automation. Distrust of institutions and elites has been identified as a consequence of open markets and neoliberal governance. While affirming the public trust as a cornerstone of liberal democracy, this article directs analysis of the contemporary condition to a broader set of uniquely psychosocial and cultural dynamics. We identify sentiments ranging from disillusion to defiance that are now fueling a runaway politics narrowly defined around race, ethnicity, and national identity. We examine the stakes of eroding public trust in historical and theoretical perspective through an analysis of key works of Karl Polanyi, John Maynard Keynes, and E. H. Carr. Drawing parallels to their assessments of the interwar period, we argue that today’s resentment politics is not singularly the product of economic hardship or even institutional failure, but emerges also from a breakdown of the social and cultural ties that underpin liberalism—a “delicate order” built in part on sublimated psychosocial understandings of agency and community. Democracy again hangs in the balance.en
dc.description.versionAccepted versionen
dc.format.extentPages 589-615en
dc.format.extent27 page(s)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1086/715583en
dc.identifier.eissn1744-1684en
dc.identifier.issn0032-3497en
dc.identifier.issue4en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/108023en
dc.identifier.volume53en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Chicago Pressen
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dc.subjectSocial Sciencesen
dc.subjectPolitical Scienceen
dc.subjectGovernment & Lawen
dc.subjectpolitical economyen
dc.subjectpublic trusten
dc.subjectCarren
dc.subjectKeynesen
dc.subjectPolanyien
dc.subjectliberalismen
dc.subjectresentment politicsen
dc.subject1606 Political Scienceen
dc.subjectPolitical Science & Public Administrationen
dc.titleThe Delicate Order of Liberalism: Resentment Politics and the Public Trusten
dc.title.serialPolityen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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