U.S. democracy in danger : the American political system under assault / Adebowale Akande, editor.
Akande, Adebowale, editor.
2023
E912
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Title
U.S. democracy in danger : the American political system under assault / Adebowale Akande, editor.
ISBN
9783031360992 (electronic bk.)
3031360990 (electronic bk.)
9783031360985
3031360982
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36099-2
Published
Cham : Springer, [2023]
Copyright
©2023
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxiv, 604 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-031-36099-2 doi
Call Number
E912
Dewey Decimal Classification
973.933
Summary
Historically, Donald Trump will be remembered as the first American president to be impeached twice and indicted. He fed the grotesque myth that the election was stolen and summoned his supporters to storm Congress on 6 January 2021 in a bid to thwart the certification of Joe Biden's U.S. presidential election victory. This volume vividly recounts the dramatic narrative of the January 6 Coup in America and how close we came to losing U.S. democracy. For anyone seeking a comprehensive and multidisciplinary global overview of democracy, an astute analysis of the forces that drive the dominance of the (neo)liberal paradigm of the last decades should look no further than this volume. Yet the volume takes the issue further by vigorously documenting the decline of the U.S. treaty process (America’s dysfunctional diplomacy and the doctrine of unpredictability). There is an urgent need for a massive infusion of strategic support for democracy in the United States. Because come 2024 or thereafter an unfinished work might drag American democracy to a dangerous inflection point. Trump (who has a complete hold on the Republican party, still has a stranglehold on the MAGA base no matter what he does, was instrumental to the breaking of U.S. diplomacy. Undermining the democratic legitimacy of International Law adversely affected U.S. foreign policy. Some federal and lower courts in the judiciary of the United States pose a real threat to Americans’ democracy as well. To that end, when ‘the principle of truth’ loses its relevance and meaning as benchmarks for appraisals and decisions, and becomes a harmful tool for willful propaganda. Everybody should be worried about U.S. democracy. A "real" crisis is coming! U.S. Democracy is at a breaking point. Like a giant modern mirror standing behind democracy itself, this book is a citizen's guide to saving U.S. Democracy. Expertly drawn on global and regional examples and current literature, the volume closes a gap in the multidisciplinary field. Quite useful as a valuable resource as it helps us understand the shifting Trump agenda in diverse areas. Essential reference across a range of subjects, bringing together contributions from scholars, and policymakers alike. This extraordinarily well-researched and practically crafted, culture-inclusive text could not be more relevant or timelier. It is a must for everyone. This volume will help to shape the political landscape of the 21st century and will remain a vital source of inspiration for modern-day scholars and political activists.
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Akande, Adebowale, editor.
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Springer studies on populism, identity politics and social justice. 2731-8958
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Part 1: Introduction - the American Democracy
Chapter 1. Donald Trump, Authoritarian Populism, and the Struggle to Save Democracy
Chapter 2. American Presidency, Interpreting Donald Trump and His Uneasy ‘lies’
Part 2: Unmasking the Presidency
Chapter 3. The Tenets of Trumpism and the Assault on American and Global Democracy
Chapter 4. Trump, and Other Nationalist and Populist Leaders: Between Charisma and Trickery
Chapter 5. The Agitator Supplies What the Base Demands: Trumpism Before and After Trump
Chapter 6. The Post-election Republican Effort to Overturn the 2020 Election Results: Background and Context
Chapter 7. Insurrection, Ressentiment and a Failed Coup: the Capitol Attack and Its Aftermath
Part 3: Trump’s Diplomatic Learning Curve and the American Evangelicals
Chapter 8. From “Nipple” to “Nambia” and Everything in-between: Donald Trump’s Mental Maps and the Unraveling of the Liberal World (Dis)order
Chapter 9. Trump and the Performance of "the Other", and Stigmatization
Chapter 10. Why Evangelical Christian Women Voted for Trump: a Crisis of Conscience and Moral Integrity – the Cognitive Dissonance
Part 4: How Media Coverage, Rhetoric and the “Fringe” Created the President
Chapter 11. Trump’s Misogyny Widens Cultural Cracks in U.S. Democracy
Chapter 12. Trump's Rhetorical Way to Presidency
Chapter 13. How Donald Trump Used Wittgenstein’s ‘language Games’ as a Communicative Strategy for Connecting ‘the Leader’ and ‘his People’
Part 5: ‘a President of the People or a President of His People'?
Chapter 14. A Legacy of Harm: Violence Against Women and the Trump Administration
Chapter 15. Lessons Learned of Black Lives Matter in the Age of Trump
Part 6: Democracy, and the Surge of Populist Nationalism
Chapter 16. Messianic and Autocratic Populisms' Waves in the Recent History of the Americas: “Global Trumpism”, Continuities, Twists and Rupture
Chapter 17. Donald J. Trump in the Whirlwind of Populism and Globalization
Part 7: That’s Not in My American History Book
Chapter 18. Authority Shift in a Post-truth World
Part 8: ‘the Unconstrained Presidency’: Alt-news and Post-truths
Chapter 19. American Presidency, Political Lies and Lying in Politics: A Paradigm of Bush and Trump Administrations
Chapter 20. Neo-liberal Populism and Democracy Under Siege: Some Thoughts on Trump(ISM)
Chapter 21. Is the President a King? the Unitary Executive Theory and the Presidency of Donald J. Trump
Part 9: A Tale of Two Paradigms: Politics and Epidemics
Chapter 22. Assessing Trump Administration’s National Security Strategy in Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: the Case for a “Common” and “Cooperative” Security Approach
Chapter 23. Une Saison en Enfer: A Political Epidemic in Trump’s Amerika
Part 10: So Divided We Can’t Think Straight
Chapter 24. Donald J. Trump’s Politics: a Mix of European Populism and Athenian Democracy
Part 11: Same World, Different Planet (Epilogue)
Chapter 25. Populism- the Way to Unfreedom: White Supremacy, Patriarchy and Other Forms of Dominant Ideologies.

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