{"product_id":"can-it-happen-here-authoritarianism-in-america-paperback","title":"Can It Happen Here?: Authoritarianism in America - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCass R. Sunstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"What makes Trump immune is that he is not a president within the context of a healthy Republican government. He is a cult leader of a movement that has taken over a political party - and he specifically campaigned on a platform of one-man rule. This fact permeates \"\u003cem\u003eCan It Happen Here?\u003c\/em\u003e . . . which concludes, if you read between the lines, that \"it\" already has.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003cem\u003e New York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Cass R. Sunstein, a compelling collection of essays by the brightest minds in America on authoritarianism.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the election of Donald J. Trump, many people on both the left and right feared that America's 240-year-old grand experiment in democracy was coming to an end, and that Sinclair Lewis' satirical novel, \u003cem\u003eIt Can't Happen Here, \u003c\/em\u003e written during the dark days of the 1930s, could finally be coming true. Is the democratic freedom that the United States symbolizes really secure? Can authoritarianism happen in America?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcclaimed legal scholar, Harvard Professor, and \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Cass R. Sunstein queried a number of the nation's leading thinkers. In this thought-provoking collection of essays, these distinguished thinkers and theorists explore the lessons of history, how democracies crumble, how propaganda works, and the role of the media, courts, elections, and \"fake news\" in the modern political landscape--and what the future of the United States may hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMartha Minow, dean of Harvard Law School\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEric Posner, law professor at the University of Chicago Law School\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTyler Cowen, economics professor at George Mason University\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTimur Kuran, economics and political science professor at Duke University\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNoah Feldman, professor of law at Harvard Law School\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJonathan Haidt, social psychologist and Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University's Stern School of Business\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJack Goldsmith, Professor at Harvard Law School, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and co-founder of Lawfare\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStephen Holmes, Professor of Law at New York University\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJon Elster, Professor of the Social Sciences at Columbia University\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThomas Ginsburg, Professor of International Law and Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCass R. Sunstein, Robert Walmsley University Professor, Harvard University\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDuncan Watts, sociologist and principal researcher at Microsoft Research\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeoffrey R. Stone, University of Chicago Law school professor and noted First Amendment scholar\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCan\u003c\/em\u003e It Happen \u003cem\u003eHere?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the election of Donald J. Trump, many people on both the left and right feared that America's 240-year-old grand experiment in democracy was coming to an end, and that Sinclair Lewis's satirical novel \u003cem\u003eIt Can't Happen Here, \u003c\/em\u003e written during the dark days of the 1930s, could finally be coming true. Is the democratic freedom that the United States symbolizes really secure? Can authoritarianism happen in America? Acclaimed legal scholar, Harvard professor, and \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Cass R. Sunstein queried a number of the nation's leading thinkers. In this thought-provoking collection of essays, these distinguished thinkers and theorists explore the lessons of history, how democracies crumble, how propaganda works, and the role of the media, courts, elections, and \"fake news\" in the modern political landscape--and what the future of the United States may hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 20, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53756843327821,"sku":"9780062696199","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/c2ZBR0hhR1FPMEY3LzcvQWgyWUlldz09.webp?v=1776754568","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/can-it-happen-here-authoritarianism-in-america-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}