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Citizenship in Hard Times: How Ordinary People Respond to Democratic Threat [Minkštas viršelis]

3.75/5 (8 ratings by Goodreads)
(University of California, Irvine)
  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 250 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 229x152x14 mm, weight: 360 g, Worked examples or Exercises
  • Išleidimo metai: 20-Jan-2022
  • Leidėjas: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN-10: 1009061046
  • ISBN-13: 9781009061049
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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 250 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 229x152x14 mm, weight: 360 g, Worked examples or Exercises
  • Išleidimo metai: 20-Jan-2022
  • Leidėjas: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN-10: 1009061046
  • ISBN-13: 9781009061049
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Raktažodžiai:
"We live in difficult times for democracy. If this book found its way to your hands, this is probably not new information. In the United States, democratic insecurity may seem rather sudden, with the presidential election of Donald Trump in 2016, an outsider candidate with weak commitments to liberal democratic norms, uncomfortable admiration for authoritarian strongmen, a toxic mix of xenophobic and racial politics, and little deference to the Constitution. This view culminates in the violent, January 6, 2021 insurrection, where Trump supporters broke into the U.S. Capitol building to disrupt the certification of Electoral College votes confirming Joe Biden the successful and legitimate winner of the 2020 Presidential Election. For others, 2016 and everything that followed only laid bare the fragility of American democratic institutions, preserving counter-majoritarian institutions and exposed by gerrymandering practices and decades of voting suppression. and, with it, a persistent second-class citizenship for America's ethnic and racial minorities. From either perspective, ordinary Americans are confronting an unprecedented crisis of democracy. This crisis is both sudden and systemic, and not easily resolved by changing Presidents"--

Recenzijos

'As threats to democracy arise in many lands, how will citizens respond? Sara Wallace Goodman's incisive three-nation comparison shows that, influenced by partisan positioning and electoral systems, some citizens may defend democratic processes and institutions vigorously, but many may not. A disturbing but essential analysis.' Rogers M. Smith, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania 'Can citizens uphold democracy? Yes. Will they? It depends. Building on thorough research and innovative theorizing, Citizenship in Hard Times explores how the dynamics of partisan conflicts shapes citizens' priorities, and, most urgently, how zero-sum winner-take-all politics can lead citizens to prioritize their side winning over democratic norms. A must-read for anybody concerned about the future of American democracy.' Lee Drutman, Senior Fellow, Political Reform Program, New America Foundation 'Goodman argues that democratic crisis is as much about the norm-based decisions that citizens make as it is about the violation of democratic norms by 'those in charge.' She then goes on to explain how and when citizens are 'the midwives of authoritarianism' and when they are the defenders of democracy instead. Turning our attention away from the behavior of political elites and toward the norms of ordinary people, this book will provoke deep conversation and deeper concern. It is both timely and bold.' Nancy Bermeo, Nuffield Senior Research Fellow, University of Oxford ' timely, sophisticated analysis Through this compelling study, Goodman alerts readers to the fragile nature of democracy and raises a number of crucial questions. Recommended.' S. E. Frantzich, CHOICE ' this book is in the rare tradition of work that needs to be read and taken seriously by scholars across discipline and subfield. It has a place in the pantheon of comparative public opinion scholarship that asks big questions and searches widely and deeply for answers.' Matthew Wright, Perspectives on Politics ' an important contribution to the study of democracy in times of various threats, particularly the pitfalls of partisanship.' Mia K. Gandenberger, The Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics 'Goodman's book is a fantastic and worthwhile read. It forces scholars to recognize that the meaning of citizenship is context contingent, and it means different things to different people.' Ryan Dawkins, The Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics

Daugiau informacijos

A comparative study of how citizens define their civic duty in response to current threats to advanced democracies.
List of Figures
ix
List of Tables
xi
Acknowledgments xiii
1 Introduction
1(28)
2 Citizenship and Democratic Instability
29(28)
3 Measuring Citizenship Norms: Behavior, Belief, and Belonging
57(32)
4 Patterns of Partisan Citizenship
89(23)
5 The Threat of Polarization
112(33)
6 Foreign Interference in Elections
145(32)
7 Conclusion
177(12)
Appendix 1 Summary Statistics 189(4)
Appendix 2 Balance Tests: Polarization 193(4)
Appendix 3 Balance Tests: Foreign Interference 197(4)
References 201(16)
Index 217
Sara Wallace Goodman is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine. She is the author of Immigration and Membership Politics in Western Europe (Cambridge, 2014), and the recipient of several APSA awards. Her work has been funded by the National Science and Russell Sage Foundations.