| Description |
1 online resource (66 pages) : illustrations |
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Public works |
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Public works (Amherst, Mass.)
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| Contents |
Introduction -- America's ascriptive tradition and Donald Trump -- The study of authoritarianism -- Defining authoritarianism -- Authoritarianism and threat -- Measuring authoritarianism -- Measuring American authoritarians' support for Donald Trump -- The role of fear and authoritarianism in Trump's rise -- How do we know that Trump's supporters are authoritarian? -- Trump 2016: anomalous outlier or turning point? -- America's choice: is America's Authoritarian Spring a harbinger of America's coming fall? |
| Summary |
"The ascendance of Donald Trump to the presidential candidacy of the Republican Party has been both remarkable and, to most commentators, unlikely. [The author] argues that Trump's rapid rise through a bewildered Republican Party hierarchy is no anomaly; rather, MacWilliams argues, it is the most recent expression of a long-standing theme in American political life, the tendency and temptation to an ascriptive politics--a political view that builds its basic case on ascribing to any relatively disempowered group (whether defined by race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, or other identifying category) a certain set of qualities that justify discriminatory treatment."--publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-52) |
| Subject |
Trump, Donald, 1946- -- Influence
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| SUBJECT |
Trump, Donald, 1946- -- Influence
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Trump, Donald, 1946- fast |
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Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 2016
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Authoritarianism -- United States
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Political culture -- United States
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Political Science / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections.
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Political Science.
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Authoritarianism
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Political culture
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Presidents -- Election
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Open access publications
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Amherst College. Press, publisher.
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| LC no. |
2016954388 |
| ISBN |
9781943208036 |
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1943208034 |
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9781943208029 |
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1943208026 |
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