1st Edition

White Nationalism and the Republican Party Toward Minority Rule in America

By John Ehrenberg Copyright 2023
142 Pages
by Routledge

142 Pages
by Routledge

142 Pages
by Routledge

In this book, John Ehrenberg argues that Donald Trump, as both candidate and president, represents a qualitatively new stage in the evolution of the Republican Party’s willingness to exploit American racial tensions. Works on Trump’s use of race have tended to be fragmentary or subsidiary to a larger purpose. Ehrenberg concentrates his investigation on Trump’s weaponized use of race,... Read more

Introduction: Trumped

1. Barry and George Go Fishing

2. Dick’s Trick

3. Whistling for Plutocracy

4. The Wrecker and the Warrior Throw a Party

5. The Tribune Rides Forth

6. Toward White Minority Rule

Biography

John Ehrenberg is Senior Professor of Political Science Emeritus and former Chair of the Political Science Department at Long Island University. Professor Ehrenberg has devoted a lifetime to research and writing on political ideologies and the history of political thought. His works have been translated into languages including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, and Egyptian, while he has also been the recipient of many awards, including the Alfred McCoy Award for Lifetime Achievement from the American Political Science Association’s Caucus for a New Political Science. Some of his previous works include Civil Society: The Critical History of an Idea , Israel and Palestine: Alternate Perspectives on Statehood (co-edited with Yoav Peled), The Iraq Papers (edited with J. Patrice McSherry, José Ramón Sánchez, and Caroleen Marji Sayej), and Servants of Wealth: The Right’s Assault on Equality.

"Ehrenberg has produced a beautifully written interdisciplinary study of Trump’s racism that is based on profound political insight and scholarly acumen. It should become a standard work."

Stephen Eric Bronner, Board of Governors Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Rutgers University