Antidemocracy in America : : Truth, Power, and the Republic at Risk / / ed. by Eric Klinenberg, Sharon Marcus, Caitlin Zaloom.
On Election Day in 2016, it seemed unthinkable to many Americans that Donald Trump could become president of the United States. But the victories of the Obama administration hid from view fundamental problems deeply rooted in American social institutions and history. The election's consequences...
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: The Big Picture -- Part I. The Crisis: Where We Are -- Resource Extraction -- Confronting Manhood After Trump -- Predatory Real Estate -- The Misinformation Society -- Defending Open Cities -- Criminalizing Immigrants -- Trump, Trade, and War -- Rule by Misrule -- School of Trump -- Trump on Twitter: How a Medium Designed for Democracy Became an Authoritarian's Mouthpiece -- Trump's Attack on Knowledge -- Part II. The Collapse: How We Got Here -- The Devastated House of Labor -- Unholy Alliances -- Coalthink -- Violence and Criminal Justice -- Women Voters, Left and Right -- The Office of the Presidency -- Religion and the Republic -- Evangelical Voters -- Gun Culture -- Black Women and the FBI -- Confederate Revisionist History -- Trump's Charisma -- Unequal America -- Part III. The Solutions: What We Can Do -- Working- Class Environmentalism -- Defending Society -- Protest, Violent and Nonviolent -- Social Solidarity -- "The Parliament of Bodies" -- The Right Type of Citizenship -- Multiracial Cooperation -- List of Contributors |
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Summary: | On Election Day in 2016, it seemed unthinkable to many Americans that Donald Trump could become president of the United States. But the victories of the Obama administration hid from view fundamental problems deeply rooted in American social institutions and history. The election's consequences drastically changed how Americans experience their country, especially for those threatened by the public outburst of bigotry and repression. Amid the deluge of tweets and breaking news stories that turn each day into a political soap opera, it can be difficult to take a step back and see the big picture. To confront the threats we face, we must recognize that the Trump presidency is a symptom, not the malady.Antidemocracy in America is a collective effort to understand how we got to this point and what can be done about it. Assembled by the sociologist Eric Klinenberg as well as the editors of the online magazine Public Books, Caitlin Zaloom and Sharon Marcus, it offers essays from many of the nation's leading scholars, experts on topics including race, religion, gender, civil liberties, protest, inequality, immigration, climate change, national security, and the role of the media. Antidemocracy in America places our present in international and historical context, considering the worldwide turn toward authoritarianism and its varied precursors. Each essay seeks to inform our understanding of the fragility of American democracy and suggests how to protect it from the buried contradictions that Trump's victory brought into public view. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780231548724 9783110651959 9783110610765 9783110664232 9783110610192 9783110606256 |
DOI: | 10.7312/klin19010 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | ed. by Eric Klinenberg, Sharon Marcus, Caitlin Zaloom. |
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