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The Academic Trumpists addresses a gap in the research literature by looking at the impact of Trumpism on conservative faculty and will appeal to readers interested in the politics of higher education, the sociology of intellectuals, political sociology, and research on conservative and right-wing populism politics in America today.
List of contents
1. Academics for Trump: An Oxymoron? 2. Fielding Academic Conservatism 3. Rationales for Supporting Trump 4. Trumpism in the American Academic Field 5. Public Engagement Beyond the Academy 6. Field Differences: The Trump Divide Among Conservative Professors 7. From Field Positions to Opposing and Enduring Views & Stances 8. Challenges to Liberal Diversity and Democracy Appendix 1: The Data and Method Appendix 2: Scholars and Writers for America Appendix 3: College and University Rankings
About the author
David L. Swartz, retired from teaching, is now visiting researcher at Boston University. He is author of Symbolic Power, Politics, and Intellectuals: The Political Sociology of Pierre Bourdieu (2013), co-winner of the 2014 American Sociological Association History of Sociology Section Best Book Award. He is also author of the widely cited Culture and Power: The Sociology of Pierre Bourdieu (1997). He is one of the founders of the political sociology standing group of the European Consortium for Political Research. His research interests include social theory, education, culture, stratification, and political sociology.
With Nicholas Rodelo who is an independent researcher and data analyst. He has been studying right-wing academics and think tanks with David Swartz since 2019, when he was an undergraduate in economics at Boston University. He lives in the United States.
Summary
The Academic Trumpists addresses a gap in the research literature by looking at the impact of Trumpism on conservative faculty and will appeal to readers interested in the politics of higher education, the sociology of intellectuals, political sociology, and research on conservative and right-wing populism politics in America today.
