Historically, Donald Trump will be remembered as the first American president to be impeached twice and indicted. He fed the grotesque myth that the election was stolen and summoned his supporters to storm Congress on 6 January 2021 in a bid to thwart the certification of Joe Biden's U.S. presidential election victory. This volume vividly recounts the dramatic narrative of the January 6 Coup in America and how close we came to losing U.S. democracy.
For anyone seeking a comprehensive and multidisciplinary global overview of democracy, an astute analysis of the forces that drive the dominance of the (neo)liberal paradigm of the last decades should look no further than this volume. Yet the volume takes the issue further by vigorously documenting the decline of the U.S. treaty process (America’s dysfunctional diplomacy and the doctrine of unpredictability). There is an urgent need for a massive infusion of strategic support for democracy in the United States. Because come 2024or thereafter an unfinished work might drag American democracy to a dangerous inflection point.
Trump (who has a complete hold on the Republican party, still has a stranglehold on the MAGA base no matter what he does, was instrumental to the breaking of U.S. diplomacy. Undermining the democratic legitimacy of International Law adversely affected U.S. foreign policy. Some federal and lower courts in the judiciary of the United States pose a real threat to Americans’ democracy as well. To that end, when ‘the principle of truth’ loses its relevance and meaning as benchmarks for appraisals and decisions, and becomes a harmful tool for willful propaganda. Everybody should be worried about U.S. democracy. A "real" crisis is coming! U.S. Democracy is at a breaking point. Like a giant modern mirror standing behind democracy itself, this book is a citizen's guide to saving U.S. Democracy.
Expertly drawn on global and regional examples and current literature, the volume closes agap in the multidisciplinary field. Quite useful as a valuable resource as it helps us understand the shifting Trump agenda in diverse areas. Essential reference across a range of subjects, bringing together contributions from scholars, and policymakers alike. This extraordinarily well-researched and practically crafted, culture-inclusive text could not be more relevant or timelier. It is a must for everyone. This volume will help to shape the political landscape of the 21st century and will remain a vital source of inspiration for modern-day scholars and political activists.
Table of Contents:
Part 1: Introduction - the American Democracy.- Chapter 1. Donald Trump, Authoritarian Populism, and the Struggle to Save Democracy.- Chapter 2. American Presidency, Interpreting Donald Trump and His Uneasy ‘lies’.- Part 2: Unmasking the Presidency.- Chapter 3. The Tenets of Trumpism and the Assault on American and Global Democracy.- Chapter 4. Trump, and Other Nationalist and Populist Leaders: Between Charisma and Trickery.- Chapter 5. The Agitator Supplies What the Base Demands: Trumpism Before and After Trump.- Chapter 6. The Post-election Republican Effort to Overturn the 2020 Election Results: Background and Context.- Chapter 7. Insurrection, Ressentiment and a Failed Coup: the Capitol Attack and Its Aftermath.- Part 3: Trump’s Diplomatic Learning Curve and the American Evangelicals.- Chapter 8. From “Nipple” to “Nambia” and Everything in-between: Donald Trump’s Mental Maps and the Unraveling of the Liberal World (Dis)order.- Chapter 9. Trump and the Performance of "the Other",and Stigmatization.- Chapter 10. Why Evangelical Christian Women Voted for Trump: a Crisis of Conscience and Moral Integrity – the Cognitive Dissonance.- Part 4: How Media Coverage, Rhetoric and the “Fringe” Created the President.- Chapter 11. Trump’s Misogyny Widens Cultural Cracks in U.S. Democracy.- Chapter 12. Trump's Rhetorical Way to Presidency.- Chapter 13. How Donald Trump Used Wittgenstein’s ‘language Games’ as a Communicative Strategy for Connecting ‘the Leader’ and ‘his People’.- Part 5: ‘a President of the People or a President of His People'?.- Chapter 14. A Legacy of Harm: Violence Against Women and the Trump Administration.- Chapter 15. Lessons Learned of Black Lives Matter in the Age of Trump.- Part 6: Democracy, and the Surge of Populist Nationalism.- Chapter 16. Messianic and Autocratic Populisms' Waves in the Recent History of the Americas: “Global Trumpism”, Continuities, Twists and Rupture.- Chapter 17. Donald J. Trump in the Whirlwind of Populism and Globalization.- Part 7: That’s Not in My American History Book.- Chapter 18. Authority Shift in a Post-truth World.- Part 8: ‘the Unconstrained Presidency’: Alt-news and Post-truths.- Chapter 19. American Presidency, Political Lies and Lying in Politics: A Paradigm of Bush and Trump Administrations.- Chapter 20. Neo-liberal Populism and Democracy Under Siege: Some Thoughts on Trump(ISM).- Chapter 21. Is the President a King? the Unitary Executive Theory and the Presidency of Donald J. Trump.- Part 9: A Tale of Two Paradigms: Politics and Epidemics.- Chapter 22. Assessing Trump Administration’s National Security Strategy in Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: the Case for a “Common” and “Cooperative” Security Approach.- Chapter 23. Une Saison en Enfer: A Political Epidemic in Trump’s Amerika.- Part 10: So Divided We Can’t Think Straight.- Chapter 24. Donald J. Trump’s Politics: a Mix of European Populism and Athenian Democracy.- Part 11: Same World, Different Planet (Epilogue) .- Chapter 25. Populism- the Way to Unfreedom: White Supremacy, Patriarchy and Other Forms of Dominant Ideologies.
About the Author :
Adebowale Akande is one of the world's best-known scholars of cross-cultural studies. As a researcher on SCOPUS, he has been cited numerous times with an H-index of 132/23. With 36,025+ Google Scholar citations, placing Prof. Akande, among the top two percent of research scientists worldwide. Prolific author/editor of many global books in assorted fields. Co-recipient of the 2005 SIOP's M. Scott Myers Award; 2007 and 2009 Ursula Gielen Global Book Award, the GW. Allport Prize (2005). Akande's major research interests mainly focus on relationships among transnational populism, globalization, human rights, identity politics, social justice, self-esteem, learning, power, political influence, and prejudice. He is also known as a popularizer of global cross-cultural research, based on the recognition of the socio-historical, political, sociological and cultural forces acting on the communities and societies of focal individuals. He currently serves asan international director for IR GLOBE in Vancouver and a guest professor to a number of Canadian and American Universities.
