Umfang:
xi, 347 Seiten
ISBN:
9780190913823
Inhalt:
"In 2016, a businessman so discredited that he could no longer get a casino license or borrow money from an American bank was elected President of the United States of America. How did this happen? It is easy to mock and ridicule Donald Trump as if he is the problem. In fact, he is a symptom of a much larger issue that has been bedeviling the GOP for nearly two decades: an intraparty crackup of massive proportions. By "crackup," I mean a breakdown of the fragile alliances between coalitions within a party that prevents its leaders from developing goals they can deliver on when they control the White House and majorities in the House and Senate. This introductory chapter explains why party crackups are inevitable in a federal system with national money and local primaries. But this is the first time -- for either party - that no group within the party could create a synthesis of old orthodoxies and new realities that altered the party's direction enough to build a new consensus"--
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780190913847
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Popkin, Samuel L., 1942 - Crackup New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021 ISBN 9780197520307
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Trump, Donald 1946-
;
USA
;
Republican Party
;
Krise
;
Spaltung
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780190913823.001.0001
