The Trumpian Threat to US Democracy | Stephan Haggard & Robert Kaufman
May 9, 2025
A public conversation on current challenges to democracy, and in particular challenges to democracy in America, with Professors Stephan Haggard and Bob Kaufman, with Kevin Clements and Olivia Stokes Dreier. The last jointly authored book by Professor Haggard and Professor Kaufman was Backsliding: Democratic Regress in the Contemporary World. The primary focus of the conversation is what’s happening to democracy in America under the second Trump administration.
Interview recorded 9 May 2025
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