Antidemocracy in America: Truth, Power, and the Republic at Risk
- ISBN-10
- 0231190107
- ISBN-13
- 9780231190107
- Category
- Political Science
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019
- Publisher
- Public Books
- Authors
- Eric Klinenberg, Sharon Marcus, Caitlin Zaloom
Description
Antidemocracy in America is a collective effort to understand the fragility of American democracy and how to protect it from the buried contradictions that Trump's victory brought into view. It offers essays from leading scholars on topics including race, religion, gender, civil liberties, protest, inequality, immigration, and the media.
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