Political Volatility in the United States: How Racial and Religious Groups Win and Lose (Voting, Elections, and the Political Process)

Liu, Baodong

ISBN 10: 1793651280 / ISBN 13: 9781793651280

Published by Lexington Books, 2022

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Political Volatility in the United States: How Racial and Religious Groups Win and Lose (Voting, Elections, and the Political Process)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1793651280
• ISBN 13: 9781793651280
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The unexpected shift from the election of Barack Obama and the post-racial hope to the racial confrontations in the Trump era begs the question: Why did such a big volatile swing happen in such a short period of time? Uncertainty reigns in volatile political times. This book aims to provide a systemic model for understanding how political volatility throughout the U.S. history has had its root in two competing racial and religious groupings. Moreover, the groupings grounded in white supremacy and egalitarianism have collided, contested, and facilitated the configuration and reconfiguration of the atomic political structure. As demonstrated in this book, the antagonism between the two competing identity groupings led to a history of political volatility in the United States. Contrary to the endless “political deadlocks” suggested by the scholars of American political development, this book explains how and why the two orders persist, reach peaks of volatility, and why one temporarily achieves prominence over the other. Going beyond the simplistic view of racial and religious hierarchy, this book provides an account rooted in structural tensions, strategic imperatives, opportunities, and threats on collective actions.

About the Author

Baodong Liu is professor of Political Science and Ethnic Studies at the University of Utah