Can It Happen Here? by Cass Sunstein
Can authoritarianism happen in the United States of America? Is freedom really secure? Acclaimed legal scholar, Harvard Professor, and New York Times bestselling author Cass R. Sunstein offers diverse perspectives on those timely questions and more in this collected volume of essays from distinguished contributors and influencers. Through thought-provoking essays, Sunstein explores how democracies crumble, how propaganda works, the lessons of history, and the role of the media, courts, elections, and “fake news." Contributors to Can It Happen Here? include: •Martha Minow, dean of Harvard Law School •Eric Posner, law professor at the University of Chicago Law School •Tyler Cowen, economics professor at George Mason University •Timur Kuran, economics and political science professor at Duke University •Noah Feldman, professor of law at Harvard Law School •Jonathan Haidt, social psychologist and Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University's Stern School of Business •Jack Goldsmith, Professor at Harvard Law School, Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, and co-founder of Lawfare •Sean Wilentz, Professor of the American Revolutionary Era at Princeton University •Stephen Holmes, Professor of Law at New York University •Jon Elster, Professor of the Social Sciences at Columbia University •Thomas Ginsburg, Professor of International Law and Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences •Adrian Vermeule, Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard Law School •Duncan Watts, sociologist and principal researcher at Microsoft Research
“[Trump] is a cult leader of a movement that has taken over a political party – and he specifically campaigned on a platform of one-man ruleThis fact permeates Can It Happen Here? . . . which concludes, if you read between the lines, that “it” already has.” — New York Times Book Review “Sunstein gathers together 17 provocative, topical essays...[that] rouse the reader to think carefully and deeply about the prospects for American authoritarianism.” — Publishers Weekly “Sunstein, for his part, takes a clear-eyed view of the threats to democratic structures… Can it Happen Here? seeks to investigate the questions raised by Lewis in the modern context” — The Progressive “Several of the contributors — mainly law professors, with some diplomats, economists and psychologists tossed in — agree that American politics is susceptible to creeping authoritarianism and provide the intellectual underpinning.” — Washington Post “These essays are serious and thought-provoking.” — Pittsburg Post-Gazette “A renowned legal scholar assembles a dream team of other legal authorities and cultural and political analysists to ponder the title, substance, and current relevance of It Can’t Happen Here...Cautionary pieces well-informed by history, legal theory, and patriotism, all bubbling in a cauldron of anxiety.” — Kirkus “Through these carefully sourced essays, readers will gain a framework in which to evaluate the hyperbolic rhetoric disseminated on so many platforms. And the topics covered here continue to ripple in the daily news out of Washington.” — Booklist
Cass R. Sunstein is the Robert Walmsley University Professor at Harvard, where he is founder and director of the Program on Behavioral Economics and Public Policy. He is the most cited law professor in the United States and probably the world. He has served as Administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs and as a member of the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies. He is the winner of the 2018 Holberg Prize. His many books include the bestseller Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness (with Richard H. Thaler), Simpler: The Future of Government, and Republic.com. A frequent adviser to governments all over the world and a columnist for Bloomberg View, he is married to the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780062696199 |
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| Title | Can It Happen Here? |
| Author | Cass Sunstein |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Year published | 2018-04-19 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
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