Trump and the deeper crisis

Title:

ISBN:

9781804555149

Publication Information New:

Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2022.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 pages).

Series:

Political power and social theory ; v. 39

Political power and social theory ; v. 39.

Contents:

Introduction: Trump as symptom / Kevin A. Young -- Chapter 1. Trump, biden, and why elections don't bring bigger policy changes / Kevin A. Young -- Chapter 2. Trumping the people: How the corporate elite benefitted from the trump administration / Joshua Murray -- Chapter 3. Trumpism and racial oppression / Malik Miah -- Chapter 4. The marriage of white evangelicals and trump: Vaccine refusal, critical race theory, and the new culture wars / Grace Yukich -- Chapter 5. Immigration politics from trump to biden: The end of reform and the growth of class struggle / Justin Akers Chacón -- Chapter 6. Risky business: Health care before and after trump / Colin Gordon -- Chapter 7. Fossil fuels, the ruling class, and prospects for the climate movement / Kevin A. Young -- Chapter 8. Domination without hegemony and the limits of u.s. World power / Corey R. Payne and Beverly J. Silver -- Chapter 9. Trump and the politics of imperial decline / Richard Lachmann.

Abstract:

While many analysts emphasize Trump's uniqueness, he can also be viewed as a symptom of a deeper systemic crisis. This collection examines the roots, impacts, and future prospects of Trumpism as well as the possibilities for combatting it. Chapters analyze the role of racism and xenophobia, evangelical religion, and elite support in enabling Trump's political ascent, demonstrating how both his demagogic style and his policies draw from the historic repertoire of the Right. The authors also trace the impacts of his presidency on inequality, health, ecological destruction, and U.S. empire. As far-right forces cement their hold on the Republican Party, and as the Democratic Party appears unable to stop them, what lies ahead? The authors argue that confronting Trumpism requires a frontal attack on the conditions that incubated the monster.

Personal Subject:

Trump, Donald, 1946-

Subject Term:

Right-wing extremists -- United States.

Right and left (Political science) -- United States.

Political culture -- United States -- History -- 21st century.

Political Science -- Political Ideologies -- General.

Political ideologies.

Geographic Term:

United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century.

Added Author:

Young, Kevin A.,