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001 | ## | 0002-9453 |
016 | ## | \a22864 |
020 | ## | \a9780190877248 |
050 | ## | \aJK1726 \b.J35 2022 |
100 | 1# | \aJacobs, Lawrence R. |
245 | 10 | \aDemocracy Under Fire : \b Donald Trump and the Breaking of American History / \c Lawrence R. Jacobs |
260 | ## | \aNew York : \b Oxford University Press, \c 2022 |
300 | ## | \ax, 270 pages ; \c22 cm. |
504 | ## | \aIncludes bibliographical references and index. |
505 | 0# | \a1. The Making of Democratic Vulnerability -- 2. Strong Democracy and Political Representation, 1776-1787 -- 3. The American Form of Democracy, 1796-1836 -- 4. Progressive Frustrations: Institutional Limits and Reform Prophesies, 1880s-1920s -- 5. Political Elites and the Failure to Protect Democratic Institutions, 1960s-1972 -- 6. The Ills of Primary Elections and Democratic Deformation -- 7. Renewing American Democracy and Restraining Political Elites |
520 | 8# | \aHow did democracy become so vulnerable in America? Donald Trump is a shrill warning of the political system's fragility, but he alone is not the problem. The vulnerability is broader and deeper - and looms still. Even before Trump ran for president, his disdain for the rules and norms of democracy and the US Constitution was well-known by many prominent Republicans who were unable to stop his nomination. Trump's presidency is the culmination of a series of political decisions since the late 18th century that ceded party nominations to small cliques of ideologues. 'Democracy Under Fire' provides a readable, if disturbing, history of American democracy and proposes recommendations to restore it. |
600 | 14 | \aTrump, Donald, \d 1946- |
650 | #4 | \aDemocracy \z United States \x History. |
650 | #4 | \aDemocracy \z United States \x History \y 21st century. |
650 | #4 | \aDemocracy \z United States. |
651 | #4 | \aUnited States \x Politics and government. |
850 | ## | \aLIC |
999 | ## | \a2120005921 |