American discontent: the rise of Donald Trump and decline of the golden age Campbell

American discontent: the rise of Donald Trump and decline of the golden age Campbell – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780190872434,9780190872441,9780190872458,9780190872465,0190872438,0190872446,0190872454,0190872462

Product details:
• ISBN 10: 0190872462
• ISBN 13: 9780190872465
• Author: Campbell, John L.

In American Discontent, John L. Campbell contextualizes Donald Trump’s success by focusing on the long-developing economic, racial, ideological, and political shifts that enabled Trump to win the White House. Campbell argues that Trump’s rise to power was the culmination of a half-century of deep, slow-moving change in America, beginning with the decline of the Golden Age of prosperity that followed the Second World War. The worsening economic anxieties of many Americans reached a tipping point when the 2008 financial crisis and Barack Obama’s election, as the first African American president, finally precipitated the worst political gridlock in generations. Americans were fed up and Trump rode a wave of discontent all the way to the White House.

Table contents:

1. How Did This Happen?

2. Make America Great Again

3. Economy and Class

4. Race and Ethnicity

5. Ideas and Ideology

6. Polarization and Politics

7. Gridlock, Crisis, and Obama

8. The Election and American Politics in Perspective