Alternative Right's Attempt at Autocratic Democracy in Twenty-First Century America - Hardcover

by Chuck A. Baker (Author)

This book analyzes the several significant factors that influenced the cultural environment to move American democracy toward authoritarianism. The author hypothesizes that growing xenophobia, the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the 2008 recession, and neoliberal economic philosophy were the shocks that made possible a lurch toward autocratic democracy.

Author Biography

Chuck A. Baker is professor of sociology at Delaware County Community College.