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Format: 1 online resource (xiii, 369 pages) : , illustrations

ISBN: 1-4744-5889-0

Series Statement: New Perspectives on the American Presidency : NPAP

Content: Explores the cultural and political significance of the election of President TrumpExplores Trump in an intellectually robust way, linking his election and presidency to broader themes of American political history and cultureExamines the disruption to the American political system and shifting conceptions of the American national identity in the wake of Trump’s electionIlluminates the convergence of political life and entertainment in the Trump era, and the ways in which the American public sphere is being radically reconfigured by new and social media to polarise American political discourseFeatures contributions from a truly international range of scholars and professionals working in political journalismDonald J. Trump’s presidency has delivered a seismic shock to the American political system, its public sphere, and to our political culture worldwide. Written by leading scholars across a range of disciplines, as well as professionals in the field of political journalism, this collection of essays offers a deeper understanding of Trump and the impact that his rise to power has had both domestically and worldwide.The first section provides varied perspectives on the realignments of political culture in the United States that signify a paradigm shift, a radical disruption of fundamental beliefs and values about the political process and national identity. The second section of the book focuses on US foreign policy and diplomacy, taking stock of how the Trump presidency has disturbed the international system and US primacy within it. The third section of the book addresses the dynamics and consequences of what has come to be called post-truth" politics, where conviction surpasses facts and the norms of political communication have been profoundly disrupted. "

Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Tables and Figures -- , Acknowledgements -- , Contributors -- , Introduction: Making Sense of Trump’s America -- , Part One. Paradigm Shift -- , 1 Donald Trump’s Settler-Colonist State (Fantasy): A New Era of Illiberal Hegemony? -- , 2 Caesarism Revisited: Cultural Studies and the Question of Trumpism -- , 3 Hegemoronic Vistas: The Pseudo-Gramscian Right from the Powell Memorandum to the ‘Flight 93 Election’ -- , 4 Women Voters and Activists in Trump’s America -- , Part Two. Foreign Policy and Global Relations -- , 5 Angry at the World: Progressive Possibilities in Trump’s Disruption of the Current Order -- , 6 Trump or the Cultural Logic of ‘Late’ Democracy -- , 7 The End of the Age of Three Worlds and the Making of the Trump Presidency -- , 8 Trumpism and the Future of US Grand Strategy -- , 9 From George W. Bush to Donald Trump: Understanding the Exceptional Resilience of Democracy Promotion in US Political Discourse -- , Part Three. Identity Politics and the Politics of Spectacle -- , 10 ‘If You Want to Know Why 2016 Happened, Read This Book’: Class, Race and the Literature of Disinvestment (the Case of Hillbilly Elegy) -- , 11 Ivanka Trump and the New Plutocratic (Post)feminism -- , 12 Trump and the Age of Hybrid Media Communicators -- , 13 ‘Reality Has a Well-Known Liberal Bias’:1 The End(s) of Satire in Trump’s America -- , 14 Spectacle of Decency: Repairing America after Trump -- , Index

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-4744-5887-4

Language: English

Subjects: Political Science

DOI: 10.1515/9781474458894