Books in the SSRC Anxieties of Democracy series

Understanding the post-fact era requires going beyond foreign influence or the rise of social media. This examination of the origins and workings of the US disinformation system shows how political strategies and communication practices have undermined authoritative democratic institutions. This title is available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Understanding the post-fact era requires going beyond foreign influence or the rise of social media. This examination of the origins and workings of the US disinformation system shows how political strategies and communication practices have undermined authoritative democratic institutions. This title is available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

This volume brings together a diverse group of distinguished scholars to address concerns about the contemporary performance of American institutions of government. It examines how rising inequality and party polarization have affected representation, governing processes, policy outcomes, and the constitutional system.

This volume brings together a diverse group of distinguished scholars to address concerns about the contemporary performance of American institutions of government. It examines how rising inequality and party polarization have affected representation, governing processes, policy outcomes, and the constitutional system.

This book is for undergraduates, graduate students, and general readers interested in how growing insecurities undermined the politics and policies of the postwar era in Europe and the US. Integrating social sciences and history, chapters examine how politics exacerbated social and economic divisions among individuals, places, and parties.

This book is for undergraduates, graduate students, and general readers interested in how growing insecurities undermined the politics and policies of the postwar era in Europe and the US. Integrating social sciences and history, chapters examine how politics exacerbated social and economic divisions among individuals, places, and parties.