How Autocrats Abuse Power - Resistance to Trump and Trumpism

Chronicling and analyzing resistance to the threat that autocracy poses to American liberal democracy, this book provides the definitive account of both Trump's efforts to erode democracy's essential elements and opposition to those efforts.

List of contents

Preface vii
Acronyms x
Dramatis Personae xii
1 How Autocrats Use Power 1
2 The Politics of Resentment 8
3 Politicizing Criminal Justice 74
4 The Fate of Law 151
References 174
Index 181

About the author

Richard L. Abel is Michael J. Connell Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus and Distinguished Research Professor, UCLA, USA.

Summary

Chronicling and analyzing resistance to the threat that autocracy poses to American liberal democracy, this book provides the definitive account of both Trump’s efforts to erode democracy’s essential elements and opposition to those efforts.

Product details

• Authors: Richard L. Abel, Abel Richard L.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.12.2023
• EAN: 9781032628905
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3262890-5
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Defending American Democracy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, International Law, LAW / Government / General, Political leaders & leadership, Social Law, Political leaders and leadership, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law, Social law and Medical law, Donald Trump;US Politics;Criminal Justice;American Democracy