How Trump Happened - A System Shock Decades in the Making

Racism. Sexism. Russian interference. A few thousand votes in key swing states. Political experts Steven Schier and Todd Eberly step back to trace the factors driving the stunning 2016 election of Donald Trump, arguing that Trump's victory was decades in the making. Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the current political landscape.

About the author

Steven E. Schier is Dorothy H. and Edward C. Congdon Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Carleton College, where he taught for thirty-six years. Twelve times he directed the Carleton in Washington program, an off-campus term of study he founded in 1983. Dr. Schier is the author, co-author or editor of twenty-two books. His most recent titles for Rowman are The Trump Presidency: Outsider in the Oval Office (2017), coauthored with Todd E. Eberly, Debating the Obama Presidency (2016), an edited volume, and Polarized: The Rise of Ideology in US Politics (2016), also coauthored with Todd E. Eberly.

Todd Eberly is the Director of the Center for the Study of Democracy, Associate Professor of Political Science, and Coordinator of Public Policy Studies at St. Mary's College of Maryland, designated the state's honors college, an independent public institution in the liberal arts tradition.

Product details

• Authors: Todd E Eberly, Todd E. Eberly, Steven E Schier, Steven E. Schier, Steven E. Eberly Schier
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781538122044
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-2204-4
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Amerikanische Geschichte, Politische Parteien, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, HISTORY / United States / General, Politics / Current Events, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections