Democracy under fire : Donald Trump and the breaking of American history / Lawrence R. Jacobs.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]Copyright date: Ã2022Description: 1 online resource (x, 270 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197618295 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Democracy -- United States -- History | United States -- Politics and government
Additional Physical Form: Print version : 9780190877248DDC classification: 320.973 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: How did democracy become so vulnerable in America? Donald Trump is a shrill warning of the political system's fragility, but he alone is not the problem. The vulnerability is broader and deeper - and looms still. Even before Trump ran for president, his disdain for the rules and norms of democracy and the US Constitution was well-known by many prominent Republicans who were unable to stop his nomination. Trump's presidency is the culmination of a series of political decisions since the late 18th century that ceded party nominations to small cliques of ideologues. 'Democracy Under Fire' provides a readable, if disturbing, history of American democracy and proposes recommendations to restore it.
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Also issued in print: 2022.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
How did democracy become so vulnerable in America? Donald Trump is a shrill warning of the political system's fragility, but he alone is not the problem. The vulnerability is broader and deeper - and looms still. Even before Trump ran for president, his disdain for the rules and norms of democracy and the US Constitution was well-known by many prominent Republicans who were unable to stop his nomination. Trump's presidency is the culmination of a series of political decisions since the late 18th century that ceded party nominations to small cliques of ideologues. 'Democracy Under Fire' provides a readable, if disturbing, history of American democracy and proposes recommendations to restore it.
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on March 7, 2022).