The Social Roots of Political Realignment in the West

As a public policy think tank dedicated to studying issues that resonate internationally, France Stratégie publishes regularly in English on the labour market, the digital economy, sustainable development, economics and social affairs.For the first time in several decades, a series of Western countries were simultaneously experiencing major political upheaval. In several of them, populist parties that challenged hitherto consensual principles and established policies, and candidates who defined themselves as anti-system outsiders, are on the rise or already in power.