The perils of populism : the end of the American century? / Adebowale Akande, editor.

In today's evolving democratic landscape, "The Perils of Populism: The End of the American Century" offers an extensive investigation into the phenomenon of populism and its potential threats to U.S. democracy. Esteemed contributors and long-time populism observers provide historical...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Akande, Adebowale (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, [2023]
Series:Springer studies on populism, identity politics and social justice.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: Introduction - the Rhetoric and Myth of a Diffuse Concept - Populism
  • Chapter 1. Donald J. Trump and the Art of Falsehood-fakery
  • Part 2: Ambivalence of Populism
  • Chapter 2. Democracy in Perplexity: Donald Trump Entangled in a Colonial Legacy of Race-based Enfranchisement
  • Chapter 3. Cultural Backlash: the Long-term Damage of Trump's Legacy to American Democracy and Global Politics
  • Chapter 4. Trump, Authoritarian Populism, Covid-19, and Technopolitics From a U.S. Perspective
  • Chapter 5. Trump's Big Lie and the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol: Going Beyond the Select Committee Report
  • Part 3: the Nexus of Populism and Foreign Policy
  • Chapter 6. In Search of the Elusive Trump Doctrine
  • Chapter 7. Ever Enough: the Policy 'deals' of Trump White House
  • Part 4: Trump and World Order: Trends in Polarization & Resilience
  • Chapter 8. Polarization, Trump and Transatlantic Relations
  • Chapter 9. Latinos for Trump: Three Explanations for a Shift in the 2020 Election
  • Chapter 10. The Us-Iran Showdown: Was It Smart for President Trump to Authorize the Assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani?
  • Part 5: Power Without Persuasion and the Social Construction of Trump's Reality
  • Chapter 11. A Critical Into U.S. Media's Fact-checking and Compendiums of Donald Trump's Falsehoods and 'lies' Inquiry
  • Chapter 12. The Trump Effect: A Journalistic Discourse Analysis of Islamophobic Rhetoric in Facebook Comments
  • Chapter 13. "the Linguistic Construction of Trump's Social Reality"
  • Part 6: De-democratization - Populism, Partisanship and Pandemic
  • Chapter 14. Trump Redux: the Former President and Political Turmoil Go Hand-in-hand
  • Chapter 15. Nietzsche, Trump and the American Far Right
  • Chapter 16. Donald Trump: the Epitome of Populism
  • Chapter 17. The Journey to the Top: Donald Trump, Perception of Race, the Rhetorical Presidency and Public Leadership
  • Chapter 18. Trump Administration's Approach to Global Health Governance
  • Part 7: L'eĢtranger, Ressentment, and the Truth
  • Chapter 19. Trumpism and Putinism: Just Old Wine in New Bottles
  • Chapter 20. Who Are You, Donald J. Trump?
  • Chapter 21. Odds and Ends: the Importance of Political and Social Variables in Explaining the Politics of Mortality in the Wake of Trump's Presidency
  • Part 8: Climate Change Denial and Populist Antiestablishment Attitude
  • Chapter 22. Populism and Private Property Rights in President Trump's Decision to Withdraw From the Paris Agreement on Climate Change
  • Chapter 23. How America's Discontent Fueled the Rise of Trump's Populism: Causes and Remedies From the Perspective of Michael Sandel
  • Part 9: This Time is Different
  • Chapter 24. Fighting for 'the People', Unsettling Democracy: Populism, Neoliberalism, and the Young.