Divided : why we're living in an age of walls
Tim Marshall
- London : Elliott & Thompson, c2018.
- 266 p. : maps, ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1 The Great Firewall: China; 2 Build that Wall!: USA; 3 Facts on the Ground: Israel and Palestine; 4 Lines in the Sand: The Middle East; 5 A Magnet for Migrants: The Indian Subcontinent; 6 State of the Nations: Africa; 7 Ever Closer Union?: Europe; 8 The Groans of the Britons: UK; Conclusion: The Spaces in Between; Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Index
New from the No. 1 Sunday Times We feel more divided than ever. This riveting analysis tells you why. Walls are going up. Nationalism and identity politics are on the rise once more. Thousands of miles of fences and barriers have been erected in the past ten years, and they are redefining our political landscape. There are many reasons why we erect walls, because we are divided in many ways: wealth, race, religion, politics. In Europe the ruptures of the past decade threaten not only European unity, but in some countries liberal democracy itself. In China, the Party's need to contain the divisions wrought by capitalism will define the nation's future. In the USA the rationale for the Mexican border wall taps into the fear that the USA will no longer be a white majority country in the course of this century. Understanding what has divided us, past and present, is essential to understanding much of what's going on in the world today. Covering China; the USA; Israel and Palestine; the Middle East; the Indian Subcontinent; Africa; Europe and the UK, bestselling author Tim Marshall presents a gripping and unflinching analysis of the fault lines that will shape our world for years to come.
9781783963423
World politics--21st century Political Science--Government--General Political Science--Government--National Identity politics Isolationism Nationalism