1st ed. 2020 Edition
by Michael T. Oswald (Editor)
This edited volume investigates America’s transforming democracy as it faces the challenges and developments of the 21st
century―challenges and developments that have brought deep
dissatisfaction, cultural fragmentation, and economic indignation.
Although political power remains in the hands of the people, a
fundamental incapability to compromise has locked policymakers in a
permanent stalemate. In this legislative paralysis, grassroots movements
build more and more momentum amidst regular protests and civil
disobedience. This new political vigor and dynamism is dualistic,
portending either a future of falsehoods and authoritarianism or a more
empowering and direct form of democracy. This book ultimately seeks to
understand how the US government is frantically adjusting to these sharp
cultural, technological, and economic changes.
