Across the West, the old opposition of left versus right has been supplanted by a new polarity of liberal versus populist, but neither appears to be capable of defining a new position except negatively and by demonizing the other.

The result is that nearly all governments choose to both go along with and resist elements of globalization. Another way to say this is that governments try to promote what they judge to be positive and resist what they see as negative or threatening. Managing globalization is a challenge for every government, because they are often held

A party emboldened by a favorable election result, or denying an unfavorable one, might change the system from within.