Under Trump, Americans could turn from civil protest to civic revolution

Rogers, Ben (2025) Under Trump, Americans could turn from civil protest to civic revolution. USApp – American Politics and Policy Blog (03 Apr 2025). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Over the last 50 years, urban democratic protest has become a powerful revolutionary force, in Europe and beyond. Some of these protests, like those against Soviet rule in Eastern Europe in 1989, led to lasting change. Some, like those of the ‘Arab Spring’, resulted in bitter and violent defeat. And the fate of some, like the current uprisings in Georgia and Turkey, are still to be determined. The US, with its long history of democratic government, has little experience with this sort of revolutionary protest. But, Ben Rogers asks, with an authoritarian president now in charge, and constitutional ‘checks and balances’ looking vulnerable, could that be about to change?

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/
Additional Information:	© 2025 The Author(s)
Divisions:	LSE Cities
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States)
Date Deposited:	03 Jun 2025 08:21
Last Modified:	03 Jun 2025 08:21
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/128270

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