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The Trump phenomenon : how the politics of populism won in 2016 / by Peter Kivisto (Augustana College and St. Petersburg State University).

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: United Kingdom : Emerald Publishing, (c)2017.Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781787143678
  • 9781787149205
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • JK526 2016 .T786 2017
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Contents:
Subject: On November 8, 2016, American voters elected Donald J. Trump to become the 45th President of the United States. Peter Kivisto analyses how this happened, focusing on who Trump is, who his supporters are, and the role of the media, right-wing Christians and the Republican Party in making Trump's victory possible. The book concludes with an analysis.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Front Cover; The Trump Phenomenon; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Democratic Culture and Civic Virtue; Character; Business Career; Political Worldview; Working the Binaries; 3. The Trump Voter: Labeling the Baskets; The Outcome; What Do Voters Know?; The Polarization of the Electorate; Who Voted for Trump?; Why Did Voters Support Trump?; At Last, Labeling the Baskets; 4. Institutional Openings to Authoritarianism; The Mass Media: Channels of Information and Disinformation; From the Party of Lincoln to the Party of the White Backlash

The Southern Strategy and White NationalismThe Christian Right; Obama as a Double Threat to the Tea Party; Postscript; References; Index

On November 8, 2016, American voters elected Donald J. Trump to become the 45th President of the United States. Peter Kivisto analyses how this happened, focusing on who Trump is, who his supporters are, and the role of the media, right-wing Christians and the Republican Party in making Trump's victory possible. The book concludes with an analysis.

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