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Introduction: The Presidency as Cultural Battleground: Authoritarian Populism and the Politics of Backlash America’s Democratic Dilemma-Presidency and Governance in A Divided Nation 1. The American Presidency: Authority, Democracy, and the Continuing Struggle for the Rule of Law Adebowal Akande, and Mark Goodman 2. Money, Media, And Celebrity Endorsements: The Unseen Influences of the 2024 Us Presidential Election Vito Bobek, Suzana Sedmak, and Tatjana Horvat 3. The Failed Presidency of Donald Trump from the Trump/Musk/DOGE Assault on Democracy to the Epstein Scandal Douglas Kellner 4. Presidential Leadership and Electoral Politics: A Case Study of the 2024 U.S. Election Vito Bobek, Kevin Steigenberger, Simona Kustec 5. United States of Donald Trump: MAGA, the Spectacle, The Schism, and The Takeover of American Democracy Adebowale Akande, Vito Bobek, Douglas Kellner, and Jose Filipe Pinto 6. Racism in History and Under Trump: The Anatomy of Exclusion Across Eras Mark Goodman 7. Populism, Messianism, and Fascist Threats in the Americas Carlos de la Torre 8. Populism: Myths, Fallacies, Typologies, and Democratic Threats Jose Filipe Pinto 9. Donald Trump and Negative Populism: Sociological Perspectives on National Identity and Political Divisions Joseph R. Rudolph, Jr 10. Where Are the Young? The Battle between Common Sense and Meritocracy Henrik P. Bang 11. Donald J. Trump: Revered, Reviled, and the Sociology of Political Polarization Bruce E. Johansen 12. Race and the Machinery of Demagoguery: The U.S. Political Economy Exposed Y. G-M. Lulat 13. Presidential Approval and the Midterm Effect: A Sociological Analysis of Public Opinion and Political Accountability David A. Jones Part III: The Drivers of Democratic Decline-Leadership, Media, and the Politics of Misinformation 14. The American Presidency: Contrasts and Continuities in Leadership from Bush to Trump Douglas Kellner Yannis A. Stivachtis 16. Fractured Frames and Fearful Fictions: Tucker Carlson’s Media Rhetoric and the Sociology of Misinformation and right-wing Polarization Burton Speakman 17. Theorizing the Racialization of Post-1965 Nonwhite Immigrants in the United States Philip Q. Yang and Kavitha Koshy 18. The Democratic Party's Decline and the GOP’s Rise to Trifecta Power: Lessons from the 2024 U.S. Elections Vito Bobek, Kevin Steigenberger, Simona Kustec 19. The Return of the Strong men John Pratt Eric Schansberg Part IV: America’s Global Role-Foreign Policy and Strategic Shifts 21. American Foreign Policy in a Multi-Order World: Power, Influence, and Global Change Jose Filipe Pinto 22. The Pragmatist in Chief: Crisis Management, Presidential Models and Middle East Policy in the Obama Years Luis da Vinha and Anthony Dutton 23. American Exceptionalism through Cultural, Demographic and Economic Lens Steven G. Koven 24. Presidents, Powers, and Proxy Wars: Geopolitical Perspectives on U.S. Leadership in the Middle East Armin Krishnan Part V. Shadowed Legacies and Sociological Reckonings: Race, Memory, and Identity Beyond the Oval Frame 25. Presidential Power and the Sociological Silences: Suicide, Race, And Relational Vulnerability in African American Life David Lester and Adebowale Akande 26. Why the Hell Would Anybody Study History? Alfred A. Cave with Barbara Alice Mann and Adebowale Akande 27. Black Identity Monicka Brown and Philip Q. Yang 28. Why Xenophobia in a Nation Built by Strangers (Immigrants)? Natsu Taylor Saito 29. Identity Threat, Domain-Specific Self-Esteem, and Intergroup Discrimination: Psychological Foundations of Leadership and Belonging in American Governance John A. Hunter, Adebowale Akande, and Maurice Stringer |