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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Akande, Adebowale, editor.

ProQuest ebook central

Series:

Springer studies on populism, identity politics and social justice 2731-8958

Springer studies on populism, identity politics and social justice, 2731-8958

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Populism--United States--History--21st century.

Populism.

Democracy--United States--History--21st century.

Democracy.

United States--Politics and government--21st century.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxviii, 520 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, [2023]

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'étranger, 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 7, 2023).

ISBN:

9783031363436

3031363434

Publisher Number:

99995460793

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.