This book examines the failures of mainstream politics, and in particular the inability of the centre-left - the UK Labour Party and France's Parti Socialiste - to respond to the Great Recession more effectively.

Sean McDaniel is Senior Lecturer in Political Economy at the Future Economies Research Centre, Manchester Metropolitan University. He completed his PhD at the University of Warwick in 2019 and has been a visiting research fellow at the Centre d'études europénnes, Sciences Po, Paris.