Post-WWII political systems struggle to adapt to postindustrial societies

Evidence

There are two further phenomena associated with deindustrialization and the crisis of the institutions. The first is of a political nature: everywhere, the political systems which were set up or renewed at the end of World War II, or later, appear to be worn out and to have great difficulty in changing and adapting to the expectations of societies which are becoming postindustrial; and in these difficulties, the themes of nationalism and immigration which are themselves close to that of racism, become issues for discussion and exert a considerable influence on possible political realignments. This is very obvious in the rise in popularity of populist or extreme right-wing parties, for whom hostility to immigrants and, more or less explicitly, racism, antisemitism, and xenophobia are key elements in the debate. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3162