1st Edition

Political Economy, Nationalistic Populism, and Immigration in Today's World A Primer for the Social Sciences

By Jacqueline Murray Brux Copyright 2025
290 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

290 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

290 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Political Economy, Nationalistic Populism, and Immigration in Today’s World: A Primer for the Social Sciences is a core text for a multidisciplinary range of courses in economics, political science, sociology, international studies, public policy, and the social sciences. The text weaves together an understanding of the interconnected topics of global nationalistic populism, authoritarianism,... Read more

Introduction

1 Introduction
2 Definitions of Economic Systems
3 Definitions of Political Systems
4 Definitions of Populism, Nationalism, Communism, and Marxism

Migration and the Developing World

5 Global Migration
6 African Migration
7 Asian Migration
8 Latin American Migration

Migration and the Developed World

9 Canadian Migration
10 European Migration
11 US Immigration

Developing World Ideology

12 Developing World Ideology
13 Palestine and Ideology

Canadian and European Ideology

14 Canadian Ideology
15 European Ideology

US Ideology

16 US Ideology: Nationalistic Populism
17 US Ideology: Authoritarianism

Documents and Responses

18 Documents and Reactions

Standards of Living

19 Developing World Standards Of Living
20 US and Norwegian Standards Of Living

Diversity

21 US Diversity
22 Norwegian Diversity

Social Democracy and Happiness

23 US and Norwegian Social Systems
24 Minnesotan Social Systems
25 Measuring Global Happiness 

Biography

Jacqueline Murray Brux is honored emeritus professor of economics who received her PhD from and taught economic development and the economics of social issues in the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and was the founder and director of the Center for International Development at the University of Wisconsin—River Falls. She is the author of the college economics textbook Economic Issues and Policy (2022), now in its 8th edition, and she has worked and researched across the world in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe.