W ith the finish line in sight for the presidential campaign of 2016, we decided to devote our pages to essays that examine and challenge the way we think about politics, democracy, and the American electorate. Why do voters make the choices that they do? How could political scientists have failed to foresee this year’s tectonic political shifts? And what aftershocks can we expect in the wake of Donald Trump? We tackle these and other questions in this special issue of The Chronicle Review.
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The Review
How Political Science Gets Politics Wrong
The field failed to foresee 2016’s electoral chaos. -
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The Review
The Enigma Next Door
We have obligations as citizens. What are our obligations as neighbors? -
The Review
Our ‘Prophet of Deceit’
Studies by WWII-era social scientists provide a starting point for explaining Trump’s appeal. -
The Review
The Carnival Campaign
How an absurdist ’60s fable augured our made-for-TV electoral dystopia. -
