Table of Contents

Introduction;

Dead Politics;

The Fickle Parent;

Redundant;

The Hated Centre;

The Scapegoat;

Mourning and Melancholia in the EDL;

Conclusion: Begin from the Beginning;

Postscript - Brexit.

About the Author

Simon Winlow is Professor of Social Science at Northumbria University. A critical criminologist with research expertise in both sociology and criminology, he has also published widely on violence, criminal markets and cultures, and social, political and economic change.

Steve Hall is Professor of Criminology in the Teesside Centre for Realist Criminology, Teesside University. An internationally leading criminological researcher and theorist, he has published widely on criminological theory, consumerism and the history of violence.

James Treadwell is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Birmingham City University. He is renowned for his ethnographic work, and he has published widely on criminal markets, professional and organised crime, violence and victimisation.

Reviews

"An honest book that critiques, questions, and debates the relationship between an unfair neo-liberal society, working-class people and the rise of the right". Lisa Mckenzie, London School of Economics & Political Science "If the Western left don't pay heed to what Winlow et al have to say, then it could be curtains forever." Sputnik News "The achievement of this book that it is prepared to make a case for such a vision from within the horizons of one of the most cramped, defensive, melancholic and self-destructive corners of the working class landscape." - Universal Siblinghood "Compelling reading...a provocative, invigorating and critical analysis of contemporary political landscapes where simplistic left/right distinctions no longer apply." Elaine Campbell, Newcastle University 'In their brilliantly-researched work, the authors show what a disaster the 'mainstream' left's embrace of liberalism has been for traditional working-class communities' Neil Clark, journalist. "An unapologetically bleak account of contemporary Britain, cutting angrily and incisively through the thickets of liberal dogma. Essential reading." Mark Carrigan, Digital Fellow, The Sociological Review "This brilliant book shows why the downfall of the left is a post-GFC and post-Brexit condition which, without action, could become permanent." Steve Redhead, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia "A fast(er) moving novel take on how New Labour and the liberal left media created the circumstances in which the English Defense League would grow and of how UKIP and the EDL are linked." Danny Dorling, University of Oxford