Colin Crouch is Professor Emeritus of the University of Warwick, and the External Scientific member of the Max Planck Institute for Social Research at Cologne.

"This is an immensely thoughtful and at times ground-breaking rethinking of the nature of current politics and the conventional categories used to understand it. It is one of those rare books in politics which helps people see the world in new ways and to understand the dynamics of what is unfolding around them."Andrew Gamble, University of Cambridge"Colin's optimism is life-enhancing. His passionate advocacy of inclusive social democracy and his faith in its prospects in the UK and elsewhere is illuminated by his deep knowledge of developments in Europe, his command of the data on voting and attitudes and his realism about how we do, in his words, grow to be 'more at ease with each other and at ease with the world'. Anyone tempted to despair at the state of things will be heartened and inspired by his marshalling of economic and social facts, powered by his confidence that a better, fairer world is possible."Polly Toynbee, The Guardian"The political divide that structures national politics is shifting from the traditional fight between left and right to a battle between inclusion and exclusion. As national societies and global politics change, should our obligation to others change too? In this powerful, deeply reasoned book, Colin Crouch explains what is happening to politics and society, and suggests how we ought respond."Henry Farrell, Johns Hopkins University"Fresh and helpful"Nick Spencer, Church Times

• PrologueChapter 1: Exclusion versus inclusion: the root of all social struggleChapter 2: 'Us, not them': the rational and emotive power of social exclusionChapter 3: 'All of us'. But who are 'we', and how much do we feel?Chapter 4: Assessing the relative strengths of exclusion and inclusionChapter 5: Exclusion versus inclusion: a SWOT analysisChapter 6: Finding grounds for hopeEpilogue