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Title: Antidemocracy in America
Condition: New
Subtitle: Truth, Power, and the Republic at Risk
Author: Eric Klinenberg
Contributor: Eric Klinenberg (Edited by), Sharon Marcus (Edited by), Caitlin Zaloom (Edited by), Michelle Wilde Anderson (Contributions by), Lisa Wade (Contributions by), Thomas J. Sugrue (Contributions by), Victor Pickard (Contributions by), Saskia Sassen (Contributions by), Alina Das (Contributions by), Oona A. Hathaway (Contributions by), Scott J. Shapiro (Contributions by), Richard Sennett (Contributions by), Pedro Noguera (Contributions by), Fred Turner (Contributions by), Craig Calhoun (Contributions by), Margaret Levi (Contributions by), Shamus Khan (Contributions by), Gretchen Bakke (Contributions by), Patrick Sharkey (Contributions by), Linda Gordon (Contributions by), Robert Shrum (Contributions by), Philip Gorski (Contributions by), Tanya Marie Luhrmann (Contributions by), Harel Shapira (Contributions by), Ashley Farmer (Contributions by), Douglas S. Massey (Contributions by), Steven Lukes (Contributions by), Michelle Jackson (Contributions by), David B. Grusky (Contributions by), Daniel Aldana Cohen (Contributions by), Wendy Brown (Contributions by), Judith Butler (Contributions by), Michele Lamont (Contributions by), Jack Halberstam (Contributions by), Jefferson Cowie (Contributions by), William Julius Wilson (Contributions by)
Format: Hardback
ISBN-10: 0231190107
EAN: 9780231190107
ISBN: 9780231190107
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Genre: Law & Politics
Release Date: 06/25/2019
Description: 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.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 198mm
Item Length: 129mm
Item Weight: 13.6 ouncesg
Series: Public Books Series
Type: Writing, Research & Publishing Guides
Release Year: 2019

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