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Trumpism: Race, Class, Populism and Public Policy is divided into two parts. Part One examines the foundation of Trumpism: Trump's form of populism, Trump's political ideas, and Trump's base of support. The text defines Trump as a right-wing populist. His political base emerged out of four political movements: the conservative evangelical Christian, the Tea Party, the economic elite, and the white nationalist movements. Part Two examines Trump's public policy agenda. It covers labor, health care, social welfare, voting rights and police policies. A review of these policy areas reveals a consistent pattern: a public policy agenda committed to weakening labor power, hacking away at the Affordable Care Act, shredding the social safety net, eviscerating voting rights and constructing a racially repressive police state. The central theme is that despite his popular appeal to white workers and conservative evangelical Christians, Trump's public policy agenda favored the upper class, exacerbated inequality, and had its most devastating impact on low-income white workers and minorities.
List of contents
Introduction
Acknowledgements
Part I: The Political, Ideological and Economic Context of Trumpism
Chapter One: Populism
Chapter Two: Trumpism
Chapter Three: Trump Voters
Chapter Four: Perfect Storm
Chapter Five: Inequality
Part II: Select Domestic Public Policies of the Trump Administration
Chapter Six: Labor Policy
Chapter Seven: Health Care Policy
Chapter Eight: Social Welfare, Education, and Tax Policies
Chapter Nine: Voter Suppression
Chapter Ten: Trumpism: Race, Class, and Police Policy
About the Author
Bibliography
About the author
Carter A. Wilson is professor and department head of the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Northern Michigan University
Summary
Although Trump supporters depict him as a champion of the working class and a friend of minorities, this text demonstrates that the preponderance of evidence indicates that Trump promoted a right-wing public policy agenda that exacerbated inequality, benefited the economic elite, and hurt low-income white workers and minorities.
