In Trumpism, Bigotry, and the Threat to American Democracy, Larry N. Gerston examines the near-lethal combination of American bigotry and the ability of Donald Trump to take advantage of this scourge to satisfy his own political objective. The result is an individual who won election to the American presidency by adroitly pitting members of ......
Prevention and Response, Independent Task Force Report
This report by leading civil society, academic and former government figures recommends preventive and responsive measures that will enable the international community of democratic states to act quickly and collectively against threats to new democracies.
Thirteen Cracks examines the most vulnerable areas in American democracy in the wake of Donald Trump's presidency. Best-selling author Allen J. Lichtman explains in historical context how President Trump uniquely and outrageously exploited these weak spots and proposes a fix for each challenge.
This text builds on Robert Dahl's observation that there is no single theory of democracy; only theories. In this anthology, the authors have assembled the works of classical, modern, and contemporary commentators to illustrate the deep and diverse roots of the democratic ideal.
Offers an assessment of democracy in America that charts the strengths and weaknesses of the nation's democratic mechanisms and outlines the challenges that lie ahead. This title focuses on the quality of American political life, the representativeness of its governing institutions, and the issues of racial and economic equity.
Success and Failure of Democracies to Create Equal Opportunities
This book documents a worrisome gap between principles and practice in democratic governance. The State of Access is a comparative, cross-disciplinary exploration of the ways in which democratic institutions fail or succeed to create the equal opportunities that they have promised to deliver to the people they serve.
As the 2016 election made clear, sovereignty is one of the most frequently invoked, polemical, and misunderstood concepts in politics. This book will help policymakers think clearly about what is at stake in the sovereignty debate and provides criteria for determining when it is appropriate to make bargains over sovereignty - and how to make them.
The recent revival of democracy across much of the globe, and the fragility of many of the new regimes, has inspired renewed interest in the origins of dictatorship and democracy in modern times. Assembling renowned specialists on Eastern and Western Europe, the U.S., Latin America and Japan, The Social Construction of Democracy explores the ......
