David Coates
Professor of Anglo-American Studies, Wake Forest University, North Carolina
Beyond the madness: Donald Trump and the resetting of America’s social contract
David Coates - 19 January 2018Away from the White House chaos an ultra-conservative Republican Party is building an America for the rich and privileged
The Anglo-American Centre-Left and the immediate question of agency
David Coates - 18 September 2017The Democrats and the Labour Party have been on the defensive for too long. Winning again requires a progressive re-radicalization of politics
The grief before the storm
David Coates - 05 December 2016Overcoming the grief caused by Trump’s victory requires us to analyse the sources of our pain
The Democratic primaries in the shadow of neoliberalism
David Coates - 02 June 2016The Clinton/Sanders battle exposes the challenge of the centre-left to overcome its pre-crisis accommodation with neoliberalism
The ongoing American housing crisis
David Coates - 29 March 2016The US housing crisis may have slipped down the political agenda but it hasn’t gone away – and young people are being hardest hit
Working-class anger and the problem of progressive politics
David Coates - 07 January 2016The only effective answer to right-wing populism is the creation and deployment of a superior left-wing alternative
TPP time in America
David Coates - 23 November 2015President Obama may view this as his legacy, but it may well not be something of which he will long be proud