How Trump Happened: A System Shock Decades in the Making

by Steven E. Schier

The stunning 2016 election and presidency of Donald Trump was decades in the making. Three trends since the 1960s created the conditions for his triumph. First, a growing popular discontent with government, long evident in public opinion, created a widespread distrust of established leaders and institutions. Second, America underwent the rise of "professional government." Governing professionals are an elite built on merit through occupational...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538122049
• ISBN13: 9781538122044
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.6"