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The Alternative Right's Attempt at Autocratic Democracy in Twenty-First Century America
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2021
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The Alternative Right’s Attempt at Autocratic Democracy in Twenty-First Century America analyzes the several significant factors that influenced the cultural environment to move American democracy toward authoritarianism. Chuck A. Baker hypothesizes that growing xenophobia, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the 2008 recession, and neoliberal economic philosophy were the shocks that made possible a lurch toward autocratic democracy. Several of the central tenets embedded in fascism like conventionalism, acquiescence to coercion, and hostility toward the less powerful would manifest as autocratic-democratic rule gained traction. As minority communities were made vulnerable, the lethality of police practices against unarmed minorities and the government’s response to such coercive oppression motivated protests throughout America. The January 6, 2021 Capital riots made clear that the far-right was willing to utilize violence to meet their goal. Statements that situated ‘Making America Great Again’ reminded right-wing extremists of an epoch in which racism and sexism were part of the American society’s structure. This book examines, in a sociological manner, the factors that made autocratic democracy palatable to a large plurality of Americans. The text discusses the reason for social change in the middle twentieth century and then utilizes quantitative methodology to elucidate the events in the twenty-first century that threaten democracy through authoritarian practices.
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Edition
1/2021
Copyright Year
2021
ISBN-Print
978-1-7936-5188-4
ISBN-Online
978-1-7936-5189-1
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
182
Product Type
Monograph
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Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
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Trumpism and the Right-Wing Media No access
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The Early Twentieth Century No access
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Establishing the Nation in the Eighteenth Century No access
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Religion, Authoritarianism, and Oppression No access
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A 1776 Paradigm of Authoritarianism No access
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Academic Research on Authoritarianism No access
Income and Authoritarianism (Belarus, Russia, Georgia, the United States, and Japan) No access
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Gender, Sex, and Patriarchy No access
Social Dominance Orientation and Sexism No access
Research Methodology No access
Research Findings No access
Conclusion No access
Far-Right-Wing Nationalism and Discrimination No access
