{"product_id":"the-national-interest-politics-after-globalization-paperback-softback-9781509561117","title":"The National Interest; Politics After Globalization (Paperback \/ softback) 9781509561117","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe National Interest\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePolitics After Globalization\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePhilip Cunliffe (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509561117, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 25 July 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e160 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.3 x 13.7 x 1.3 cm, 0.249 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Cunliffe argues valiantly and incisively for a concept long scorned. A revived concept of the national interest will help recover social solidarity, democratic accountability and the basis for pursuing the common good.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrick Porter, University of Birmingham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Cunliffe's book provides a brilliant rehabilitation of the concept of national interest, establishing it as a founding stone of a post-globalist democratic theory and practice and making it the essential point of departure for a rigorous theory of the state-in-society that leaves the shallows of the neoliberal worldview behind.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWolfgang Streeck, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Rejecting the anti-politics of both managerial technocrats and populist demagogues, Philip Cunliffe makes a convincing argument that in today's world genuine democracy is impossible without national sovereignty.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Lind, author of \u003ci\u003eThe New Class War: Saving Democracy from the Managerial Elite\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"A vital account of how academics and politicians have collaborated in the hollowing out of the idea of the nation state – in favour of sub-national identities and supranational institutions – and how it might be revived.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Goodhart, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Road to Somewhere: The Populist Revolt and the Future of\u003c\/i\u003e Politics\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A foundation for a postliberal theory of international order... Cunliffe makes a compelling case that technocratic elitism and populist nihilism are both downstream of a crisis of political legitimacy that can only be remedied through a restoration of national identity, associational life, and democratic representation.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHeather Penatzer, \u003ci\u003eCompact\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlobalization is over. With US president Donald Trump pursuing an 'America First' agenda in trade and foreign policy, everyone now recognises the urgency of defending their own country's national interest. But what is the national interest and why did it disappear from the political agenda? Will Trump restore American national interests, or will he betray them? How might we know the difference?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe National Interest\u003c\/i\u003e answers these questions. It explains how and why globalist political leaders and bureaucrats abandoned the national interest over the past thirty years. Even today, many of our elites still sneer at the concept as an anachronism in an age of global environmental collapse and 'polycrisis'. But without it, there can be no political representation, and without representation there can be no democratic accountability. The national interest \u003ci\u003ecan\u003c\/i\u003e be revived as part of a strategy of nation-building and national rebirth. This book makes the case for such a revival, heralding a new era of democratic renewal and international cooperation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePreface\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. What Happened to the National Interest?\u003cbr\u003e2. The Theory of the National Interest\u003cbr\u003e3. The History of the National Interest\u003cbr\u003e4. The Nation: A Story of Abandonment\u003cbr\u003e5. The Need for a New National Interest\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52453593415960,"sku":"9781509561117","price":14.28,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509561117.jpg?v=1785287344","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-national-interest-politics-after-globalization-paperback-softback-9781509561117","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}