Eric Kaufmann and Razia Iqbal on the End of White Majorities

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🗓️ 10 May 2019

⏱️ 51 minutes

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In this week's podcast we were joined by Eric Kaufmann, Birkbeck politics professor and author of Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration and the Future of White Majorities, in conversation with the BBC's Razia Iqbal. In a challenging and wide-ranging conversation, they discussed how demographic shifts are transforming our politics, and what we should do about it. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:20.8	This week we have Eric Kaufman the Birkbeck
1:23.4	politics professor in conversation with Rasey Iqbal on the end of white
1:28.0	majorities. So Eric Kaufman has done a lot of work on the future of the
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