Corruption and Illiberal Politics in the Trump Era (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Goldstein, Donna M.; Drybread, Kristen

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Exploring the nexus of corruption, late capitalism, and illiberal politics in the Trump era. Deep, contextualized analysis and critiques offer key perspectives on how corruption is defined and understood in the current historical moment. This will be of interest to readers from anthropology, sociology, political science and American studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 326
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. September 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000619249
• Artikelnr.: 64759722

Autorenporträt

Donna M. Goldstein is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Colorado Boulder, USA. Kristen Drybread is a cultural anthropologist at the University of Colorado Boulder, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Editors' Introduction: Anthropological Meditations: Illiberal Politics and Corruption in the Trump Era
Section I: Corruption as the Misappropriation of Societal Values
1. Sycophantic Politics: Rule Breaking
Entitlement
and White-Collar Crime in Trump's Orbit
2. On Calling Donald Trump "Corrupt"
3.Corruption as the Through Line: Overlooked Establishment Corruption
Why Trumpism is No Accident
and Why Corruption Has No End
Section II: Deliberate Cruelty
4. Descending from Sadism to Trumpism: Jeffrey Epstein and the Befouling of U.S. Politics
5. Corruption against Humanity: Leveraging the Pandemic in Trump's Re-election Campaign
6. The Illiberality of Trump's Lawless Bipolitical Immigration Actions
Section III: Explaining Trumpism Abroad
7. Why is Donald Trump So Popular in Southeastern Nigeria and What Can We Learn From It? Undermining Truth and Enabling Corruption
8. "Tropical Trump": Illiberal Politics and the Digital Life of (Anti)Corruption in Brazil
9. Manipulative Statecraft: The Disinformation Campaigns and Presidential Powers of Trump and Putin
Section IV: The Language
Semiotics
and Grammars of Trump Power
10."Lock Her Up!": A Biography of a Trump-Era Chant and the Banalityof Misogyny
11. Slogans of White Supremacy: Imagined Minority Corruption in Trump-Era Politics
12. Digital Hatred in Corruption's Defense: The Role of the "Bread Bakers" in 4chan's "President Trump General" Threads
Section V: Trump-Era Lack of Concern for Collective Well-Being
13. Trump as Benevolent/Authoritarian Boss
14. Trump's Corruption and the Virus of Polarization: Race
Class
and the Reign of the Wealthy
15. Hailing All Neoliberals: Inaction
Corruption
and the Trumpist Response to COVID-19