Suzanne Mettler (Book order)

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Suzanne Mettler's work delves into the intricate connections between government and citizens, scrutinizing how policies shape the American dream and democracy. Her research critically examines the impact of invisible government programs and the inherent inequalities within higher education. Mettler's analyses highlight a growing disconnect, exploring how the political landscape can undermine fundamental ideals of equality and opportunity. Her writing serves as a crucial call to understand the subtler mechanisms that influence democratic participation and societal fairness.

Four Threats

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"In Four Threats, Suzanne Mettler and Robert C. Lieberman explore five moments in history when democracy in the U.S. was under siege: the 1790s, the Civil War, the Gilded Age, the Depression, and Watergate. These episodes risked profound--even fatal--damage to the American democratic experiment. From this history, four distinct characteristics of disruption emerge. Political polarization, racism and nativism, economic inequality, and excessive executive power--alone or in combination--have threatened the survival of the republic, but it has survived--so far. What is unique, and alarming, about the present moment in American politics is that all four conditions exist." -- Amazon