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The Trump Revolt

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Trump Revolt
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Edward Ashbee
SeriesPocket Politics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:128
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
ISBN/Barcode 9781526122988
ClassificationsDewey:973.933092
Audience
Tertiary Education (US: College)
Professional & Vocational

Publishing Details

Publisher Manchester University Press
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publication Date 26 July 2017
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This book considers the reasons for Donald Trump's surprise victory in the 2016 presidential election. It charts the prolonged campaign and the realigning processes that took place, analysing the ideas that defined the Trump platform, the electoral shifts in states regarded as solid 'firewalls' for the Democratic Party and the responses of Republican Party elites. Although he is subject to contradictory pressures, the book places Trump firmly within the right-wing populist tradition. However, it argues that the sentiments that drove his campaign were not only a response to economic fears, high levels of inequality and racial resentment - they were also shaped by the structural character of American governance, which fuels hostility towards Washington DC and the 'political class'. The book concludes by assessing the extent to which Trump's victory and parallel developments in Europe mark a reconfiguration of neoliberalism. -- .

Author Biography

Edward Ashbee is Programme Director of International Business and Politics at Copenhagen Business School -- .