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The more citizens trust their government, the better democracy
functions. However, African Americans have long suffered from the
lack of equal protection by their government, and the racial
discrimination they have faced breaks down their trust in
democracy. Rather than promoting democracy, the United States
government has, from its inception, racially discriminated against
African American citizens and other racial groups, denying them
equal access to citizenship and to protection of the law. Civil
rights violations by ordinary citizens have also tainted social
relationships between racial groups-social relationships that
should be meaningful for enhancing relations between citizens and
the government at large. Thus, trust and democracy do not function
in American politics the way they should, in part because trust is
not color blind. Based on the premise that racial discrimination
breaks down trust in a democracy, Trust in Black America examines
the effect of race on African Americans' lives. Shayla Nunnally
analyzes public opinion data from two national surveys to provide
an updated and contemporary analysis of African Americans'
political socialization, and to explore how African Americans learn
about race. She argues that the uncertainty, risk, and unfairness
of institutionalized racial discrimination has led African
Americans to have a fundamentally different understanding of
American race relations, so much so that distrust has been the
basis for which race relations have been understood by African
Americans. Nunnally empirically demonstrates that race and racial
discrimination have broken down trust in American democracy.
In this illuminating examination of the Obama presidency, the
contributors describe the policy directions followed, and the
administration s level of success in achieving its objectives.
Throughout the Obama administration, efforts were intended to
alleviate the worst of the economic stress facing the nation, move
the president closer to the center of the American political
spectrum, and prepare for the upcoming reelection campaign, to be
fought primarily on the same issues as the earlier one. The
contributors present an analysis of the motivations and political
thinking underlying the administration s action along with
assessments of the policy consequences of the issue agenda favored
and the public s reaction. The Obama Presidency is an in-depth
account of one of the most intriguing and important presidencies at
a time of economic crisis that goes a long way in explaining the
policy decisions made and their political consequences, as well as
the choices facing a nation in transition.
The Presidential Election of 2020: Donald Trump and the Crisis of
Democracy places the election of 2020 within the context of the
Trump presidency, a chaotic and tense time in American politics and
a dangerous one. The election is analyzed in depth and its meaning
for the state of American society is made clear. A major theme in
the book is a critique of Donald Trump's leadership, his
incompetence in office, his appeal to followers and the danger this
has proven to represent. Among other things, he was accused of
mental instability during his presidency. Yet he received the
second highest vote total in American history, exceeded only by
winning candidate Joe Biden's. Trump was impeached twice for his
actions in office but both times not held responsible for what he
had done by a Republican-controlled Senate. The election is placed
in an on-going context. It was followed by strenuous attempts by
Trump and associates to have states reverse their results and
declare him the winner and by the Trump-organized seditious assault
on the Capitol in which five people died. The objective was to
force Vice President Mike Pence, who was chairing a Joint Session
of Congress, normally a formality, to instead reject the Electoral
College vote outcome. Pence would not do it. His life and that of
Speaker Nancy Pelosi were threatened by the rioters. The threat of
a coup, a new development in American politics, and one led by
Trump and others who share his views, remains. Meanwhile President
Joe Biden in his efforts to reconstruct America has introduced the
most ambitious policy agenda since the New Deal.
In this illuminating examination of the Obama presidency, the
contributors describe the policy directions followed, and the
administration's level of success in achieving its objectives.
Throughout the Obama administration, efforts were intended to
alleviate the worst of the economic stress facing the nation, move
the president closer to the center of the American political
spectrum, and prepare for the upcoming reelection campaign, to be
fought primarily on the same issues as the earlier one. The
contributors present an analysis of the motivations and political
thinking underlying the administration's action along with
assessments of the policy consequences of the issue agenda favored
and the public's reaction. The Obama Presidency is an in-depth
account of one of the most intriguing and important presidencies at
a time of economic crisis that goes a long way in explaining the
policy decisions made and their political consequences, as well as
the choices facing a nation in transition.
The more citizens trust their government, the better democracy
functions. However, African Americans have long suffered from the
lack of equal protection by their government, and the racial
discrimination they have faced breaks down their trust in
democracy. Rather than promoting democracy, the United States
government has, from its inception, racially discriminated against
African American citizens and other racial groups, denying them
equal access to citizenship and to protection of the law. Civil
rights violations by ordinary citizens have also tainted social
relationships between racial groups-social relationships that
should be meaningful for enhancing relations between citizens and
the government at large. Thus, trust and democracy do not function
in American politics the way they should, in part because trust is
not color blind. Based on the premise that racial discrimination
breaks down trust in a democracy, Trust in Black America examines
the effect of race on African Americans' lives. Shayla Nunnally
analyzes public opinion data from two national surveys to provide
an updated and contemporary analysis of African Americans'
political socialization, and to explore how African Americans learn
about race. She argues that the uncertainty, risk, and unfairness
of institutionalized racial discrimination has led African
Americans to have a fundamentally different understanding of
American race relations, so much so that distrust has been the
basis for which race relations have been understood by African
Americans. Nunnally empirically demonstrates that race and racial
discrimination have broken down trust in American democracy.
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