The rise of Trump : America's authoritarian spring /

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"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 t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: MacWilliams, Matthew C.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amherst, Massachusetts : Amherst College Press, [2016]
Series:Public works (Amherst, Mass.)
Subjects:
Trump, Donald, > 1946- > Influence.
Trump, Donald, > 1946-
2016
Presidents > United States > Election > 2016.
Authoritarianism > United States.
Political culture > United States.
Autoritarisme > États-Unis.
Political Science / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections.
Political Science.
Authoritarianism.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Political culture.
Presidents > Election.
United States.
Open access publications
Online Access:Texto completo
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?

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