Heather D. Gautney delves into social inequality and political movements within the United States. Her work probes deep societal issues, seeking to understand the dynamics of power and influence. Through her writings, she offers incisive analyses of contemporary social and political phenomena. Gautney's perspective is shaped by her extensive experience in the political arena, allowing her to provide unique insights into matters of social justice.
A contemporary companion to C. Wright Mills' landmark work The Power Elite, Heather Gautney provides a fresh critique of elites for the new millennium and an updated, comprehensive look at the structure of American power and its tethers around the world.
A Bernie Sanders campaign advisor reflects on the legacy of the senator's presidential run Senator Bernie Sanders shocked the political establishment by winning 13 million votes and a majority of young voters in the 2016 Democratic primary. He emerged from the contest against Hillary Clinton as the most popular politician in the US, despite being a 75-year-old self-professed democratic socialist. What lessons can be drawn from this surprising but-in the end-losing campaign? Vermont native Heather Gautney was a legislative fellow in Sanders's Washington office and a senior researcher on his presidential campaign. The author and editor of several books on social movements and American politics, she brings her academic expertise and left politics to bear on the scenes and conflicts she witnessed from inside the campaign. In reviewing what enabled Sanders to reach out to an unprecedented number of people with a socialist message-and what stalled his progress and radical punch-she draws lessons about the prospects and perils of building a leftist movement in the United States. Gautney's reflections on the role that race and class played in this election cycle and analysis of where Democrats stand following Trump's victory will serve as a useful starting point for many newly aware of the limitations of the Democratic party and the challenges ahead.