America after Trump: from “clean” to “dirty” democracy?

Foa, Roberto; Mounk, Yascha

doi:10.1080/01442872.2021.1957459

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“…Another major thematic concern-generally integrated with othersrelates to the corruption of democratic norms of civility, fairness, reciprocity, and, importantly, outright process corruption (Foa & Mounk, 2021;Gidengil et al, 2022;Kingzette et al, 2021;Sabato et al, 2021). Yet another literature focuses on the corrupting influence of specific individuals (Ben-Ghiat, 2020; Patapan, 2022); in the American context, this has been dominated by profiles of former President Trump (e.g., Woodward & Costa, 2021).…”

Section: Themes In Contemporary Prognostications Of Severe Political ...mentioning

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Another Civil War in America? Comparing the Social Psychology of the United States of the 1850s to Today

Van Wart,

Hall,

Barber

et al. 2024

Administration & Society

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Scholars warn that another American civil war is increasingly plausible, if still unlikely; professional political commentators express greater concerns. This study examines the likelihood of another U.S. civil war by comparing perspectives of the 1850s with those of today by using a negative social capital framework as the analytic lens. The analysis finds striking similarities between the two periods. Yet, civil war is a relatively rare phenomenon in developed countries, and the analysis also points to contemporary mitigating examples. At least for the foreseeable future, more likely are trajectories moving toward other types of social unrest short of civil war: ongoing civil strife, additional insurrections, decades-long intraregional political gridlock causing widespread administrative dysfunction, and even a failure to relinquish power. The negative social psychology has already had an extraordinary impact on public administration and is unlikely to decrease in the near term; it may yet increase exponentially as it did in the 1860s.

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Section: Themes In Contemporary Prognostications Of Severe Political ...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Another Civil War in America? Comparing the Social Psychology of the United States of the 1850s to Today

Van Wart,

Hall,

Barber

et al. 2024

Administration & Society

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“…Indirectly, the results hint at serious fundamental flaws in institutional structures or systems that produce such a disturbing relationship between governance and income inequality. A possible flaw, despite being debatable is pseudodemocracy which has persisted for a long time (Tonne, 1953;Herzog, 1993;Case, 2004;Foa & Mounk, 2021). In pseudo-democracy countries, the quality of governance appears to be good but is the opposite, hence, not helping reduce income inequality.…”

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Green Economy and Good Governance Towards Income Equality: A Quantile Analysis

Har¹,

KEE²,

LEE³

et al. 2022

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The world is moving towards a greener economy, a more equal society and better governance under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the “Environmental, Social and Governance” initiative. Doubts remain on whether a greener economy and better governance are helpful in achieving income equality. This study aims to examine the relationship between green economy, governance and income inequality, applying quantile regression to capture the different relationships in different levels of income inequality between 2009 and 2019 in 30 countries. The results reveal that green economy proxies are mostly not significant in high-income countries but can aggravate income inequality in middle-income countries at lower quantiles to create a green economy-income inequality trap. Better governance can reduce inequality in high-income countries but worsen inequality in middle-income countries. The findings imply that high-income countries can pursue a sustainable green economy without needing to be concerned about income inequality, which is reduced only with better governance. In contrast, good governance is harmful to income inequality in middle-income countries. It hints at serious fundamental flaws in institutional structure. These are urgent challenges in policy formulation and economic planning regarding the SDGs towards achieving the sustainability trinity of lowering inequality, a greener economy and better governance.

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“…However, given that the remainder of this article examines solutions from a criminal law perspective, here, the impact on both democracy and the rule of law as mutually reinforcing governance principles is made explicit. As a related point, in more democracy-focused scholarly work, the democratic form of governance is often juxtaposed with authoritarianism in a manner that is oversimplified, as scholars like Foa and Mounk have criticized (Foa and Mounk 2021). Consequently, this article seeks to prevent as much as possible taking a binary democracy versus authoritarian lens.…”

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How Human Trafficking Fuels Erosion of Liberal Democracies—In Fiction and Fact, and from within and without

Voorhout

2022

Social Sciences

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On the same day that the human trafficker Ms. Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment, many people closely watched the sixth hearing of the House Select Committee on the attack of the United States Capitol on 6 January 2021 (28 June 2022). What, if anything, do these ostensibly varied crimes have in common? Seeking to answer this fundamental question, this article explores the usually under-researched connection between trafficking in persons and the documented decline of liberal democracies worldwide. Globally, democratic societies governed by the rule of law appear to be under assault, and therefore this article explores relevant examples of how human trafficking contributes to the erosion of liberal democracy, in fiction and fact, and from within and without. In other words, this article takes us from ‘Pizzagate’ to profits.

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America after Trump: from “clean” to “dirty” democracy?

Cited by 10 publications

References 34 publications

Another Civil War in America? Comparing the Social Psychology of the United States of the 1850s to Today

Another Civil War in America? Comparing the Social Psychology of the United States of the 1850s to Today

Green Economy and Good Governance Towards Income Equality: A Quantile Analysis

How Human Trafficking Fuels Erosion of Liberal Democracies—In Fiction and Fact, and from within and without

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