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Papers by Nick Bromell

Perspectives on Politics, 2021

embodiment of the whole people, can find intolerable. In short, the more technocratic the regime,... more embodiment of the whole people, can find intolerable. In short, the more technocratic the regime, the less populistwhich puts into question whether the combination of technocracy and populism can be sustained and extended beyond the cases Bickerton and Invernizzi Accetti adduce. Does the "new logic" of politics that the authors find in Western Europe apply to democracy in other parts of the world? Pure cases may be hard to find. If Bolsonaro's Brazil, Modi's India, and Trump's America exemplify the logic of technopopulism, they might be hybrid cases, where the old cleavages of region, religion, and class remain relevant. Does technocracy amplify the threat that populism poses to the rule of law and constitutional democracy, or does it temper it? Will democracy elsewhere betray the tendencies of democracy in Western Europe? This study puts these questions at the center of comparative politics as well as political theory. This is interpretive political science at its best: it combines conceptual innovation, a deep familiarity with historical cases and the details of contemporary politics, and normative urgency. Bickerton and Invernizzi Accetti's book is essential for those who wish to understand democracy and populism in Western Europe and the fate of democracy everywhere.

One reason for Obama’s reticence was certainly tactical: he preferred to fight McCain on the grou... more One reason for Obama’s reticence was certainly tactical: he preferred to fight McCain on the grounds of domestic economic policy rather than play to McCain’s purported strength in foreign policy and national security. But a second reason, surely, is that the liberal internationalist foreign policy tradition the Democratic Party once owned has been appropriated and distorted by Republican presidents from Richard M. Nixon to George W. Bush—so much so that its once strikingly liberal values are now invisible. Operation Iraqi Freedom, most prominently, has been described often and plausibly as an expression of Wilsonian principles. Bush himself has encouraged this view. But if Bush is Wilsonian and wears the mantel of liberal internationalism, where does that leave the Democrats as they look to articulate a new vision for America’s role in the world? How can they distance themselves from the manifold shortcomings of the Bush administration without abandoning the priorities that have con...

Journal of American History

Black Political Thought and the Transformation of US Democracy, 2013

The Sixties, 2009

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Harper S Magazine, Feb 1, 2002

American Music, 2000

... But I won't leave town 'cause I may have to walk too far. I've just never love... more ... But I won't leave town 'cause I may have to walk too far. I've just never loved nobody, don't take me seriously. I ain't never loved nobody, don't take me seriously. I'm just a fruit cakin' mama, and 'taint nothin' else to me.22 Page 10. 202 Nick Bromell ...

American Quarterly, 2001