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The perils of populism : the end of the American century? / / Adebowale Akande, editor
| The perils of populism : the end of the American century? / / Adebowale Akande, editor |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2024 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (530 pages) |
| Disciplina | 320.56620973 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | AkandeAdebowale |
| Collana | Springer Studies on Populism, Identity Politics and Social Justice Series |
| Soggetto topico |
Democracy - United States - History - 21st century
Populism - United States - History - 21st century |
| ISBN | 3-031-36343-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Preface -- The Decline of American Politics -- Implications -- References -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part I Introduction: The Rhetoric and Myth of a Diffuse Concept-Populism -- Prologue -- The Danger of Trumpian Populism -- I the People, the Rhetoric of a ``Would Be/Wanna Be´´ Goliath (Trump): On Populist Watch -- Introduction and Background -- The Normative and Evaluative ``Myth´´ of a Diffuse Concept: Populism -- Epitome of Populism -- Falsehood-Fakery-Mockery or Insanity? Or Both? -- Trump´s Unlimited Fantasies -- Orwellian Slippery Slope -- U.S. Constitution? Trump Calls for the Termination of the Constitution -- Choosing Democracy Over Monarchy: the Day that Democracy Would Die -- Presidential Debate Biden vs. Trump -- Inseparable Discussion-Conclusion and Overview -- References -- Part II: Ambivalence of Populism -- Democracy in Perplexity: Donald Trump Entangled in a Colonial Legacy of Race-Based Enfranchisement -- Introduction -- Donald Trump and Other Republicans -- What Causes Democracy -- The Natural History of Enfranchisement -- Warfare and True Universal Suffrage -- White Suffrage and Black Enfranchisement -- Trump and the Threat to Democracy -- References -- Cultural Backlash: The Long-Term Damage of Trump´s Legacy to American Democracy and Global Politics -- Introduction -- Background -- Populism´s Effect on Democracy -- The Global Effect of Populism -- How Populism Dismantles Democracies and How Trump Assaulted the American Presidency -- Trump´s Effect on Global Politics -- Conceptualization of Trump´s Effect on Democracy -- Conclusion -- References -- Trump, Authoritarian Populism, COVID-19 Pandemic, and Technopolitics: From a U.S. Perspective -- Introduction -- COVID-19, Eco-crisis, and Global Viralization -- Authoritarian Populism, COVID-19, and Crises of Democracy.
Authoritarian Populism, Crises of Democracy, and the Dialectics of Technopolitics -- Conclusion -- References -- Trump´s Big Lie and the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol: Going Beyond the Select Committee Report -- Introduction -- J6 and the Select Committee Report -- Looking Beyond the Select Committee Report -- J6 as a Racial Project -- Race and Voter Suppression -- Race and Law Enforcement -- Race and Religion -- Race and Protofascism -- J6 and ``Plutocratic Democracy´´ -- Democracy -- Plutocratic Democracy -- Conclusion -- References -- Part III: The Nexus of Populism and Foreign Policy -- In Search of the Elusive Trump Doctrine -- Introduction -- American Foreign Policy Doctrines -- Searching for the Trump Doctrine in the Middle East -- The Surge in Afghanistan -- Responding to Syria´s Chemical Weapons Attacks -- Pulling Back from Striking Iran -- Withdrawing U.S. Troops from Syria -- Killing General Qasem Suleimani -- Conclusion -- References -- Ever Enough: The Policy ``Deals´´ of Trump White House -- Introduction -- The Policy Implications of President Donald J. Trump -- Background and Rationale -- Donald Trump and Healthcare Policies -- Donald Trump and Immigration Policy -- Donald Trump and Education Policy -- Donald Trump and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBTQ) Community -- Donald Trump and Federal Policy on Crime and Justice -- Conclusion -- References -- Part IV: Trump and World Order: Trends in Polarization and Resilience -- Polarization, Trump, and Transatlantic Relations -- Introduction -- Background -- Strength of Transatlantic Relations: Definitions and Analytical Framework -- Transatlantic Relations -- The Transatlantic Relationship: Continuity and Change -- Domestic US Polarization and the Transatlantic Relationship -- Political Polarization and US Domestic Politics. So How Does a Fragmented Domestic Affairs Impact Transatlantic Relation? -- Trump´s Foreign Policy and the Transatlantic Relationship -- Trump´s NATO Policy -- Trump and the EU -- What Are the Long-Term Implications for the Transatlantic Partnership? -- Conclusion -- References -- Latinos for Trump: 2020 US Election Results: Why Did So Many Latinos Back Trump? -- Introduction -- The Latino Vote -- An Unsurprising Shift -- From Viva Kennedy to the Regan Revolution -- Latinos since 2016 -- Misinformation and Disinformation -- A Genuine Appeal -- Conclusion -- References -- The US-Iran Showdown: Was it Smart for President Trump to Authorize the Assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani? -- Introduction -- Background -- Anecdotal Evidence that Removing Leaders can Make Groups more Extreme -- The Case of the al-Aqsa Martyrs´ Brigade -- The Case of the Afghan Taliban -- Testing the Impact of Decapitation Strikes on Militant Group Tactics -- Not all Militant Leaders Are the Same -- Conclusion -- References -- Part V: Power Without Persuasion and the Social Construction of Trump´s Reality -- A Critical Inquiry into US Media´s Fact-Checking and Compendiums of Donald Trump´s Falsehoods and ``Lies´´ -- Introduction -- Fact-Checking Trump´s Compendiums of ``Lies´´ -- Method -- Result/Analysis -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- The Trump Effect: A Journalistic Discourse Analysis of Islamophobic Rhetoric in Facebook Comments -- Introduction -- Media Coverage of Muslims -- Visual Representations -- Conservative Media -- Trump´s Influence on Conservative Media -- The Trump Role in the Process -- Networked Gatekeeping -- Response from Liberals -- Hegemonic Framing -- Republicans and the 2022 Mid-Term Elections -- Conclusion -- References -- The Linguistic Construction of Trump´s Social Reality -- Introduction -- Trump and Mainstream Media -- Method. Results and Discussion -- News Practice and Partisan Media -- Trump´s Linguistics -- References -- Part VI: De-democratization-Populism, Partisanship and Pandemic -- Trump Redux: The Former President and Political Turmoil Go Hand-in-Hand -- Introduction -- Past -- Presidents Are Capable of Good Deeds -- Future -- He Isn´t Going Away -- Nietzsche, Trump, and the American Far Right -- Introduction -- What Is it in Trump and the Far Right that Makes us Think about Nietzsche? -- Nietzsche and Right-Wing Ideologists behind Trump´s Politics -- Nietzsche and the Move from Conservative to Ultra-Conservative Political Thought in America -- An Ultra-Conservative Interpretation of Nietzsche as the Ideologist of the Right -- How Does the Right with Trump´s Ideology Abuse Nietzsche as a Political Philosopher? -- Is it Correct to Say that Nietzsche Was a Radical Conservative? -- Trump´s Nietzscheanism Adopts the Search for Superman as the Core of Radical Conservatism -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Donald Trump, Populist: Threat to American Democracy? -- Introduction -- Populism, Populists, and the ``will´´ of the People -- Donald J. Trump, Populist -- Exemplifying Negative Populism -- Becoming President -- Gaining the Republican Party´s Nomination -- Winning the Presidency -- A Negative Populist in the White House -- Donald J. Trump, Populist or Demagogue? -- The President and the January 6 Insurrection -- Not Being the President, a Populist Wandering the Wilderness? -- References -- Trump Administration´s Approach to Global Health Governance -- Introduction -- Global Health Governance: Theoretical Considerations -- The World Health Organization and Global Health Governance -- The World Health Organization: An Intergovernmental Approach to Health Security -- Global Health Governance at a Crossroads. President Trump´s Approach to Global Health Governance -- Re-Organization, (De)Funding, and Unilateralism -- US´ Withdrawal from the World Health Organization -- The Effects of US´s Withdrawal from the World Health Organization -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- References -- Part VII: L´étranger, Resentment, and the Truth -- Trumpism and Putinism: Just Old Wine in New Bottles -- Introduction -- Defining the Concepts of Populism and Ideology -- The Bromance Between Trump and Putin -- Putinism: A Populist Mentality -- Trumpism: Inside and beyond Trump´s Brand -- Putinism and Trumpism: Similarities and Differences -- Conclusion -- References -- Who Are You, Donald J. Trump? -- Introduction -- What? Becoming a Spin Dictator -- Why? Personality and Ethics -- Personality Traits -- Ethical Values -- Interpersonal Relations -- Aggressive -- Outgoing -- Dauntless -- Communication Style -- Decision-Making Style -- Negotiation Behavior -- Conclusion -- References -- Odds and Ends: The Importance of the Political and the Social in Explaining Mortality and Contingency in the Era of Trump -- Introduction -- Terror Management Theory -- The Allure of Charismatic Leaders -- Fatal Attraction: The American Presidency -- Death: The Trump Card -- The Politics of Mortality: Election Results as a Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic -- Looking Forward to 2024 -- References -- Part VIII: Climate Change Denial and Populist Antiestablishment Attitude -- The Role of Populism and Private Property Rights in President Trump´s Decision to Withdraw from the Paris Agreement on Climate... -- Introduction -- Populism-And Donald Trump -- The Role of Populism in Issues Related to the US Environment -- The White House Debate about Withdrawing from the Paris Agreement -- The White House Speech -- What Was Not in the Speech: An Attack on Climate Change Science -- Property Rights and the Environment. |
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U. S. democracy in danger : the American political system under assault / / Adebowale Akande, editor
| U. S. democracy in danger : the American political system under assault / / Adebowale Akande, editor |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2023 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxiv, 604 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Collana | Springer Studies on Populism, Identity Politics and Social Justice Series |
| Soggetto topico | Democracy - United States - History - 21st century |
| ISBN |
9783031360992
3-031-36099-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Preface -- United States and The World: The Society of the Spectacle -- Introduction -- Donald Trump´s Unpredictability: The Reality Show Spectacle -- Who Owns the GOP? Koch´s Americans for Prosperity or Donald Trump -- It´s Time to Move on from Donald -- The Future -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part I: Introduction: The American Democracy -- Donald Trump, Populism, and the Struggle to Save Democracy -- Introduction -- A Broad Overview of the Area -- References -- American Presidency: Alternative Facts or Alternative Audiences? Different Media Perspectives on Trump -- Introduction and Background -- First Case Addiction -- Second Case Addiction -- The First and Second Case Addiction Explained -- The Third Case Addiction: Trump-Related Scholarly Literature -- Fourth Case Addiction: Trump a Threat to American Democracy -- Discussion and Path to the Interpretations of Meaning -- Further Discussion and Overview -- References -- Part II: Unmasking the Presidency -- The Tenets of Trumpism and the Assault on American and Global Democracy -- Introduction and Background -- How Can We Define Populism? -- Populism in Interaction with Democracy -- Retrenching Democracy under the Destructive Populism -- How Populism Dismantles Democracies and How Trump Followed the Pattern? -- Trumpism: The Impact of Destructive Trump´s Populism on American and Global Democracy -- Conceptual Framework for Modeling the Rise of Autocracy under Trumpism -- Conclusion -- References -- Trump and Other Nationalist and Populist Leaders: Between Charisma and Trickery -- Introduction -- The Role of the Charisma, Trickery, and the Mentality of Group -- Populism in America: Trump, Lula, and Bolsonaro -- Trump: An Endless Populist Brand -- Lula da Silva´s Socioeconomic Populism -- Bolsonaro: The Captain Who Would Not Become General.
Populism in Europe: From Marine LePen to Orbn and Putin -- The Several Stages of Orbn´s Political Metamorphosis -- Marine Le Pen: The New Image of the Heritage -- Putin: The Creation of a New Tsar -- Conclusion -- References -- The Role of Celebrity in the Trump Administration -- Introduction -- Theoretical Background -- Presidential Pardons and ``The War on Drugs´´ -- The Pardon of Alice Marie Johnson -- The Pre-Incarceration and Postincarceration Life of Alice Marie Johnson -- Trump´s Use of Presidential Power to Advance Celebrity Agenda -- Factors That Contributed to the Pardon of Alice Marie Johnson -- How Presidential Pardons Benefit Individuals, Families, and Communities -- Conclusion -- References -- The Post-election Republican Effort to Overturn the 2020 Election Results: Background and Context -- Introduction -- Trump in Context -- The GOP´s Reaction to Election Loss: Denial and Lawsuits -- Howling at the Moon: Conspiracy Theories and the Attempt to Overthrow Democracy -- Concluding Thoughts -- References -- Insurrection, Divided America, and a Failed Coup: The Capitol Attack and Its Aftermath -- Introduction -- The Climax: January 6, 2021 -- The Aftermath -- Concluding Thoughts -- References -- Part III: Trump´s Diplomatic Learning Curve and the American Evangelicals -- From ``Nipple´´ to ``Nambia´´ and Everything In-Between: Donald Trump´s Mental Maps and the Unraveling of the Liberal World (D... -- Introduction -- Geographic Mental Maps and Foreign Policy-Making -- American Mental Maps of the Post-War World -- ``America First´´ and Donald Trump´s Mental Maps of a Post-Liberal Global Order -- Conclusion: Moving Beyond Trump and ``America First´´? -- References -- Trump and the Performance of ``The Other´´ and Stigmatization: The Twitterization of Newsmaking and Monetizing -- Introduction -- Trump´s Bio. Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) -- The Other and Stigmatism -- The Acceptance Speech -- Stigmatizing and The Other -- Jan. 6 -- Why Are Americans Trending toward Narcissism? -- Harmful Effects of Narcissism -- The Threat of Narcissism and Trump -- Discussion -- References -- Why Evangelical Christian Women Voted for Donald Trump: A Crisis of Conscience and Moral Integrity-The Cognitive Dissonance -- Introduction -- Theoretical Background -- Evangelicalism -- Cognitive Dissonance -- Method -- Results -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Part IV: How Media Coverage, Rhetoric and the ``Fringe´´ Created the President -- Trump´s Misogyny Widens Populist Cracks in US Democracy -- Introduction -- ``Trump´´: The Misogyny and Presidency -- Trump´s Egomediac Macho Is Front Page News -- Businessman Trump: Money, Money, Money -- Misogynist Trump vs. Feminist Clinton -- Make America Great Again (MAGA) -- Trump Loves Iowa and Its Caucuses -- Republican Iowa Home to Populist Voters -- Presidential Candidate Trump´s First 2023 Campaign Trip in Iowa -- Republicans in the Iowa House and Senate Pass Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills -- Republican Governor Signs Several Bills to Ban Abortion -- Iowans Have the Right to Bear Arms -- Iowa Universities Ordered to Stop Teaching Critical Race Theory -- Iowa Gerrymanders and Revises Voting Rights -- Governor Returns COVID-19 Relief Funds and Prohibits Iowa Government Agencies Requiring Employees to Vaccinate -- Iowa´s 2024 Republican Caucus -- President Trump: A Political Egomediac -- Candidate Trump: Playing Another 18 Holes -- Trump: Most Popular Book Title -- ``Trump´´: The Resurrection of Patriarchal Misogyny -- References -- Trump´s Rhetorical Way to Presidency -- Introduction -- Theoretical Framework -- Persuasion -- Anti-Politics and Anti-Intellectualism -- Discussion: The Rhetoric of Donald J. Trump -- Make It Simple. Make It Negative -- Make It ``Twitty´´ -- Conclusion -- References -- How Donald Trump Used Wittgenstein´s ``Language Games´´ as Instruments to Create Own Form of Life and Drive Message Home -- Introduction -- Language Games as Instrument to Affect Social Practice -- How Language Signs Construct Our Own Form of Life -- Theoretical Toolkit -- Method -- Analysis -- Abortion -- Religion -- Terrorism -- Promises -- Discussion and Conclusion -- References -- Part V: `A President of the People or a President of His People´? -- A Legacy of Harm: Violence Against Women and the Trump Administration -- Introduction -- Lawfare and Trump´s Enduring Legacy -- The Prolife Agenda -- Immediate Consequences -- Beyond Abortion -- Sexual Discrimination and Harassment Protections -- Wordfare -- Concluding Thoughts -- References -- Black Lives Matter in the Time of Trump and Beyond -- Introduction -- Theoretical Framework -- Black Lives Matter -- Donald J. Trump and BLM -- Lessons Learned -- Limitations -- Conclusion -- References -- Part VI: Democracy and the Surge of Populist Nationalism -- Messianic and Autocratic Populisms´ Waves in the Recent History of the Americas: Continuities, Twists, and Rupture -- Introduction -- Populism, Democracy, and Authoritarianism -- Populist Ruptures in The Americas -- Constructing and Performing the People -- Populists in Power -- Aftermaths -- Conclusion -- Donald J. Trump in the Whirlwind of Populism and Globalization -- Introduction -- Patriotism in the Age of Hyper Partisanship -- Donald J. Trump: Leader of the New Age of Eurobliviousness! -- Trumpian Racial Politics -- Avoiding the Second Impeachment: The Personification of the Privilege on Non-pigment -- District of Columbia -- Conclusion: House Select Committee Investigation -- References -- Part VII: That´s Not in My American History Book. Authority Shift in a Post-Truth World -- Introduction -- Background -- Concluding Comments -- References -- Part VIII: Donald Owns the GOP: Winning Again, Believe Me, Witch-Hunt -- Alternative Facts, Political Lies, and Lying in Politics: A Paradigm of Bush and Trump Administrations -- Introduction -- Bushspeak and the Politics of Lying -- Donald Trump and the Politics of Lying -- The Trump Campaign, Birtherism, and Donald´s Daily Lies -- The Trump Presidency, Fake News, and Bullshit -- Conclusion -- References -- Neo-Liberal Populism and Democracy Under Siege: Some Thoughts on Trump(ism) -- Introduction -- Trump as Political Myth -- Trump and Populism -- Populism and Conservative Thought -- Trump and Violence -- Conclusion -- Trump and Nihilism: Concluding Reflections -- References -- Is the President a King? The Unitary Executive Theory and the Presidency of Donald J. Trump -- Introduction -- The Unitary Executive Theory -- The Unitarian Executive before Trump -- Trump As Unitary -- Unitary Rhetoric -- Implicit Unitary Rhetoric -- Explicit Unitary Rhetoric -- Unitary Actions -- Giving Orders -- Controlling Information -- The Removal Power -- Signing Statements -- Bold Claims of Power -- Lack of Deference to Traditional Judicial Functions -- Criticisms of Trump as Unitary -- Trump as Non-Unitary -- Failure to Control -- An Empty Executive -- Inconsistency, not Unity -- Subordinates´ Support -- Subordinates´ Insubordination -- Active Resistance -- Ignored -- Solitary, not Unitary -- Not Empirically Unitary -- A Different Sort of Unitarian? -- Less Unitary Rhetoric -- Different Unitary Ends -- A Convenient Cover? -- Conclusion -- References -- Part IX: A Tale of Two Paradigms: Politics and Pandemics -- Assessing Trump Administration´s National Security Strategy in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case for a ``Common´´ an... -- Introduction -- COVID-19 and the Trump Administration. |
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2023 | ||
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