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The Resource Can it happen here? : authoritarianism in America, edited by Cass R. Sunstein

Can it happen here? : authoritarianism in America, edited by Cass R. Sunstein

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Summary
"With the election of Donald J. Trump, many people on both the left and right feared that America's 240-year-old grand experiment in democracy was coming to an end, and that Sinclair Lewis' satirical novel, It can't happen here, written during the dark days of the 1930s, could finally be coming true. Is the democratic freedom that the United States symbolizes really secure? Can authoritarianism happen in America? [The editor] queried a number of the nation's leading thinkers. In this...collection of essays, these...thinkers and theorists explore the lessons of history, how democracies crumble, how propaganda works, and the role of the media, courts, elections, and 'fake news' in the modern political landscape--and what the future of the United States may hold."--
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xi, 481 pages
Contents
  • Beyond elections: foreign interference with American democracy
  • Samantha Power
  • Paradoxes of the Deep State
  • Jack Goldsmith
  • How we lost constitutional democracy
  • Tom Ginsburg and Aziz Huq
  • On "It can't happen here"
  • Noah Feldman
  • Authoritarianism is not a momentary madness, but an eternal dynamic within liberal democracies
  • Karen Stenner and Jonathan Haidt
  • The dictator's handbook, US edition
  • States of emergency
  • Bruce Ackerman
  • Another road to serfdom: cascading intolerance
  • Timur Kuran
  • The resistible rise of Louis Bonaparte
  • Jon Elster
  • Could mass detentions without process happen here?
  • Martha Minow
  • The commonsense presidency
  • Duncan J. Watts
  • Eric A. Posner
  • Law and the slow-motion emergency
  • David A. Strauss
  • How democracies perish
  • Stephen Holmes
  • "It can't happen here": the lessons of history
  • Geoffrey R. Stone
  • Constitutional rot
  • Jack M. Balkin
  • Could fascism come to America?
  • Tyler Cowen
  • Lessons from the American founding
  • Cass R. Sunstein
Isbn
9780062696199
Instance
Label
Can it happen here? : authoritarianism in America
Title
Can it happen here?
Title remainder
authoritarianism in America
Statement of responsibility
edited by Cass R. Sunstein
Contributor
Editor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"With the election of Donald J. Trump, many people on both the left and right feared that America's 240-year-old grand experiment in democracy was coming to an end, and that Sinclair Lewis' satirical novel, It can't happen here, written during the dark days of the 1930s, could finally be coming true. Is the democratic freedom that the United States symbolizes really secure? Can authoritarianism happen in America? [The editor] queried a number of the nation's leading thinkers. In this...collection of essays, these...thinkers and theorists explore the lessons of history, how democracies crumble, how propaganda works, and the role of the media, courts, elections, and 'fake news' in the modern political landscape--and what the future of the United States may hold."--
Assigning source
Back cover
Cataloging source
PNX
Dewey number
320.473
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
E912
LC item number
.C36 2018
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1965-
  • 1970-
  • 1964-
  • 1940-
  • 1954-
  • 1971-
  • 1948-
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  • Sunstein, Cass R.
  • Posner, Eric A.
  • Balkin, J. M
  • Cowen, Tyler
  • Sunstein, Cass R
  • Power, Samantha
  • Goldsmith, Jack L
  • Ginsburg, Tom
  • Feldman, Noah
  • Stenner, Karen
  • Ackerman, Bruce A
  • Kuran, Timur
  • Elster, Jon
  • Minow, Martha
  • Watts, Duncan J.
  • Strauss, David A
  • Holmes, Stephen
  • Stone, Geoffrey R
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Trump, Donald
  • Trump, Donald
  • Democracy
  • Authoritarianism
  • United States
  • Authoritarianism
  • Democracy
  • Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
  • Politics and government
  • United States
Label
Can it happen here? : authoritarianism in America, edited by Cass R. Sunstein
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Beyond elections: foreign interference with American democracy
  • Samantha Power
  • Paradoxes of the Deep State
  • Jack Goldsmith
  • How we lost constitutional democracy
  • Tom Ginsburg and Aziz Huq
  • On "It can't happen here"
  • Noah Feldman
  • Authoritarianism is not a momentary madness, but an eternal dynamic within liberal democracies
  • Karen Stenner and Jonathan Haidt
  • The dictator's handbook, US edition
  • States of emergency
  • Bruce Ackerman
  • Another road to serfdom: cascading intolerance
  • Timur Kuran
  • The resistible rise of Louis Bonaparte
  • Jon Elster
  • Could mass detentions without process happen here?
  • Martha Minow
  • The commonsense presidency
  • Duncan J. Watts
  • Eric A. Posner
  • Law and the slow-motion emergency
  • David A. Strauss
  • How democracies perish
  • Stephen Holmes
  • "It can't happen here": the lessons of history
  • Geoffrey R. Stone
  • Constitutional rot
  • Jack M. Balkin
  • Could fascism come to America?
  • Tyler Cowen
  • Lessons from the American founding
  • Cass R. Sunstein
Control code
on1026371786
Dimensions
21 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xi, 481 pages
Isbn
9780062696199
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1026371786
Label
Can it happen here? : authoritarianism in America, edited by Cass R. Sunstein
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Beyond elections: foreign interference with American democracy
  • Samantha Power
  • Paradoxes of the Deep State
  • Jack Goldsmith
  • How we lost constitutional democracy
  • Tom Ginsburg and Aziz Huq
  • On "It can't happen here"
  • Noah Feldman
  • Authoritarianism is not a momentary madness, but an eternal dynamic within liberal democracies
  • Karen Stenner and Jonathan Haidt
  • The dictator's handbook, US edition
  • States of emergency
  • Bruce Ackerman
  • Another road to serfdom: cascading intolerance
  • Timur Kuran
  • The resistible rise of Louis Bonaparte
  • Jon Elster
  • Could mass detentions without process happen here?
  • Martha Minow
  • The commonsense presidency
  • Duncan J. Watts
  • Eric A. Posner
  • Law and the slow-motion emergency
  • David A. Strauss
  • How democracies perish
  • Stephen Holmes
  • "It can't happen here": the lessons of history
  • Geoffrey R. Stone
  • Constitutional rot
  • Jack M. Balkin
  • Could fascism come to America?
  • Tyler Cowen
  • Lessons from the American founding
  • Cass R. Sunstein
Control code
on1026371786
Dimensions
21 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xi, 481 pages
Isbn
9780062696199
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1026371786

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