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Chronicling and analyzing resistance to the threat that autocracy poses to American liberal democracy, this book provides the definitive account of the rise of Trump's populist support in 2016, and his failed efforts to nullify the result of the 2020 election.

This book is about the threat of autocracy, which antedated Donald Trump and will persist after he leaves the stage. Autocracy negates both liberalismwhich includes the protection of fundamental rights, the rule of law, separation of powers, and respect for specialist expertiseand democracywhich requires that the state be responsible to an electorate composed of all eligible votersby concentrating unconstrained power in a single individual. Anticipating defeat in the 2016 election, Trump attacked suggestions that he had sought, or even benefited from, Russian assistance despite the evidence, and he made repeated claims of election fraud. In 2020, fearful that his mishandling of the pandemic had alienated voters, he inten

How Autocrats Seek Power

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    A Paperback by Richard L. Abel

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      Publisher Taylor & Francis
      Imprint Taylor & Francis Ltd
      Published 1/26/2024
      ISBN-13 9781032625843
      978-1032625843
      ISBN-10 1032625848
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Chronicling and analyzing resistance to the threat that autocracy poses to American liberal democracy, this book provides the definitive account of the rise of Trump's populist support in 2016, and his failed efforts to nullify the result of the 2020 election.

      This book is about the threat of autocracy, which antedated Donald Trump and will persist after he leaves the stage. Autocracy negates both liberalismwhich includes the protection of fundamental rights, the rule of law, separation of powers, and respect for specialist expertiseand democracywhich requires that the state be responsible to an electorate composed of all eligible votersby concentrating unconstrained power in a single individual. Anticipating defeat in the 2016 election, Trump attacked suggestions that he had sought, or even benefited from, Russian assistance despite the evidence, and he made repeated claims of election fraud. In 2020, fearful that his mishandling of the pandemic had alienated voters, he inten

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