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Review July 2024

The appeal of nativist politics and what comes next

Review by Tamara Kolarić
Refugees, mostly young men, some with suitcases walking on the shoulder of a motorway in Hungary. The picture was taken from inside a car. The mirror of the car is shown in the bottom left corner. In the mirror a white truck is reflected.
In After Nativism (Polity, 2023), Ash Amin posits that in today’s globalized world, many people in democracies are turning to nativist politics for reassurances against the uncertainties we are facing. To disarm this extreme nationalism, progressive forces need to reclaim these imagined communities. Tamara Kolarić writes that After Nativism is a passionate, richly argued, and inspiring book.
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