Andrez Rodriguez-Pose

Golfing with Trump. Social capital, decline, inequality, and the rise of populism in the US

This paper analyses the extent to which the 2016 election of Donald Trump—and his failed re-election bid in 2020 – are, as often claimed, linked to lower levels of community engagement in the United States and rising inequality. It suggests an alternative view might be more accurate and that the rise in votes for Trump … Read more