How Autocrats Subvert Elections - 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 the response to the January 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol and Republican efforts to overturn the 2020 election and bias future elections in their favor.

List of contents

1. Prelude to Autocracy 2. The State Acts 3. Criticism and Revisionism 4. Criminal Prosecutions of January 6th Defendants 5. Politicizing Past and Future Elections 6. Evaluating Resistance to Election Subversion

About the author

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

Product details

• Authors: Richard L. Abel, Abel Richard L.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 27.06.2025
• EAN: 9781041064459
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4106445-9
• No. of pages: 266
• Series: Defending American Democracy
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous; PHILOSOPHY / Social, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, LAW / Election Law, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Political leaders & leadership, Political structures: democracy, United States of America, USA, Social Law, Elections & referenda, Political leaders and leadership, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Social law and Medical law, Elections and referenda / suffrage