The Road to Somewhere
- Author David Goodhart
- Narrator Simon Bubb
- Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date 28 September 2017
- Run Time 11 hours and 11 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Political parties and party platforms, Political science and theory, Social classes.
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Road to Somewhere by David Goodhart, read by Simon Bubb.
Many Remainers reported waking up the day after the Brexit vote feeling as if they were living in a foreign country. In fact, they were merely experiencing the same feeling that many British people have felt every day for years.
Fifty years ago, people in leafy North London and people in working-class Northern towns could vote for a Labour party that broadly encompassed all of their interests. Today their priorities are poles apart.
In this groundbreaking and timely book, Goodhart shows us how people have come to be divided into two camps: the 'Anywheres', who have 'achieved' identities, derived from their careers and education, and 'Somewheres', who get their identity from a sense of place and from the people around them, and who feel a sense of loss due to mass immigration and rapid social change.
In a world increasingly divided by Brexit and Trump, Goodhart shows how Anywheres must come to understand and respect Somewhere values to stand a fighting chance against the rise of populism.
Critics Review
Goodhart offers an impeccably sensible and decent exposition of how the political elites have failed their societies … The book makes compelling reading both for voters and those who want to get elected by them
[Goodhart] has written a book that is thoughtful, well argued and dangerously moderate. It may even be an incitement to independent thinking
[A] provocative take on the UK’s new tribal divisions … And it broadly works … The Road to Somewhere has the feel of a book whose timing … is pitch-perfect
Goodhart’s exploration of this underlying divide — and the question of what might be done — is not only timely but also offers an accessible, evidence-based and direct account of how these conflicts are reshaping the political world around us
Goodhart has clarity of argument and courage. He has been making these points for a decade and urging the mainstream to engage with them. He does not do fads
Whatever other objections Goodhart’s new book might provoke, few could call it irrelevant or untimely … he returns to this most vexed terrain, picking his way through nettles and thorns that might deter thinner-skinned writers
[Goodhart] has written what may turn out to be the most sympathetic and insightful book about Britain’s discontented masses
Mr Goodhart’s book seems likely to inform the debate on what post-Brexit Britain should look like
This meticulously researched book … enables us to imagine Brexit as a moment that could just prove to be the start of a national renewal
Challenging and illuminating
David Goodhart offers the best and most complete explanation I’ve seen for why things seem to be coming apart in so many countries at the same time
| Author | David Goodhart |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Simon Bubb |
| Duration | 11 hours and 11 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9780141987774 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Genre | Political parties and party platforms, Political science and theory, Social classes |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE |
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