The rise of Trump America's Authoritarian Spring

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, it is the most recent expression of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: MacWilliams, Matthew C. (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amherst, Massachusetts : Amherst College Press [2016]
Series:Public works (Amherst College Press)
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Table of 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?