Mobilization, Representation, and Responsiveness in the American Democracy

Front Matter ....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Constitutional Crisis, Norm Derogation, and the Broader Impact of Partisan Polarization in Contemporary American Politics  (Michael T. Oswald, John D. Robertson)....Pages 3-36
 Transformation of Democracy? Mobilization, Representation, and Responsiveness  (Michael T. Oswald, Elena Broda)....Pages 37-40
Front Matter ....Pages 41-41
 A Wolf in Wolf’s Clothing: The Trumpian Style™ in American Politics  (Alisa Kessel)....Pages 43-61
 The Politics of Removal: The Impeachment of a President  (Patrick Horst)....Pages 63-104
 The Transformation of the Congressional Primary  (Mike Cowburn)....Pages 105-120
 The US Supreme Court: Source of or Barrier to Polarization?  (Sebastian Dregger)....Pages 121-136
Front Matter ....Pages 137-137
 When Inequalities Matter Most: The Crisis of Democracy as a Crisis of Trust  (Christian Lammert, Boris Vormann)....Pages 139-156
 From 2016 to 2020: It’s the Economy, Still  (Michael T. Oswald, Elena Broda)....Pages 157-174
 Future Unknown: How Digital Technologies and the ‘Future of Work’ Are Unsettling America  (Natalie Rauscher)....Pages 175-189
 From Democracy to Oligarchy? The Power of Property in the United States  (Jörg Hebenstreit)....Pages 191-205
Front Matter ....Pages 207-207
 Does Identity Trump Everything? Nativist Anxieties Within the Republican Party and the Future Political Relevance of Ethnic and Racial Identities  (Philipp Adorf)....Pages 209-227
 A “Journey for Justice”: Immigrant Mobilization in Response to the Revocation of TPS  (Ana-Constantina Frost)....Pages 229-244
 Transforming Democracy and Partisanship: Globalization and Its Counter-Movements in the US  (Betsy Leimbigler)....Pages 245-260
Front Matter ....Pages 261-261
 America and the Changing Global Order  (John (Jack) M. Thompson)....Pages 263-278
 Trump’s Foreign Policy: Erratic Individualism Versus National Identity Change  (Elena Dück, Bernhard Stahl, Katharina McLarren)....Pages 279-300
 A Breakdown of Trust: Trump, Europe and the Transatlantic Security Community  (Florian Böller)....Pages 301-319
Front Matter ....Pages 321-321
 The State of the American Democracy in 2019  (Michael T. Oswald, Elena Broda)....Pages 323-330
Back Matter ....Pages 331-337