Challenges to Subnational Democracy in the United States, Past and Present. Issue 1 (January 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mickey, Robert
• Other Names: Lieberman Robert C. guest-editor.; Mettler Suzanne guest-editor.; Pepinsky Thomas B. guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Volume 699:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 118
• Page End: 129
• Publication Date: 2022-01
• Subjects: subnational democracy -- authoritarianism -- Republican Party; Social sciences -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- United States -- Periodicals; Political science -- Periodicals; United States -- Politics and government -- Periodicals; 300
• DOI: 10.1177/00027162211072952
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0002-7162

Abstract

After a half century of stable performance, American democracy is now under threat. The threat emerged from nationalized party competition, but it is made manifest largely in the actions of Republican politicians at the state level. This article describes these actions and suggests how and why the current threat to democracy differs from past periods.