In 2004, writer David Goodhart caused controversy in Britain with an essay warning that growing social diversity was putting strain on the social contract that underpins the welfare state. Christian Kjelstrup, editor of Eurozine partner journal Samtiden, speaks to Goodhart about how Brexit and the ongoing debate over immigration have reflected his arguments.
David Goodhart
works at the London think tank Policy Exchange and is the author, most recently, of The Road to Somewhere: The New Tribes Shaping British Politics (Penguin, 2017); published in hardback as The Road to Somewhere: The Populist Revolt and the Future of Politics (C Hurst & Co, 2017).