| US Politics in an Age of Uncertainty: Essays on a New Reality Contributor(s): Selfa, Lance (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1608468534 ISBN-13: 9781608468539 Publisher: Haymarket Books OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Essays - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Communism, Post-communism & Socialism - Political Science | American Government - Executive Branch |
| Dewey: 320.973 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.70 lbs) 150 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Electoral College's selection of Donald Trump as 45th president of the United States continues to shock on many levels. A transition from the first African American president to someone who made racism a cornerstone of his campaign is one element. Another is that Trump triumphed against what appeared to be a solid "popular front" of most of American business, the media, the political establishment, and liberal activists lined up behind Democrat Hillary Clinton. Despite all of these factors--or perhaps, more accurately, because of them--the dysfunctional U.S. political system delivered the world's most powerful office to the loser of the national popular vote for the second time in sixteen years. US Politics in the Age of Uncertainty is a smart and compelling reader, written by socialists, that delves into different aspects of US politics in this era of transition from Obama to Trump. These essays are offered with the knowledge that the social forces that drove the 2016 election remain with us today, and thus helps set a course for the left to project its true power in a way that can offer a real alternative for the working-class majority.
Contents Introduction Lance Selfa Chickens Coming Home to Roost for the Democratic Party? How Neoliberalism Quietly Devastated the US Working Class Sharon Smith We Got Trumped Charlie Post Who Put Donald Trump in the White House? Kim Moody The Great God Trump and the White Working Class Mike Davis Choosing or Refusing to Take Sides in an Era of Right-Wing Populism Neil Davidson From Hope to Despair: How the Obama Years Gave Us Trump Lance Selfa Black Politics in the Trump Era Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor The Misogynist-in-Chief: The Stakes for Women's Rights in the Trump Era Elizabeth Schulte Trump, Islamophobia, and US Politics An Interview with Deepa Kumar From "Deporter-in-Chief " to Xenophobia Unleashed: Immigration Policy under Trump An Interview with Justin Akers Chac n The End of Progressive Neoliberalism Nancy Fraser |
Contributor Bio(s): Selfa, Lance: - Lance Selfa is the author of The Democrats: A Critical History |