This webinar is perfect for pre-university students aged 16+ studying or with an interest in studying Politics, International Relations and related subjects.
This workshop looks ahead to a second Trump presidency, using key indications from Donald Trump’s election campaign to explore wider themes about American politics.
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The United States is often upheld as a beacon of democracy, but events in recent years have revealed serious challenges to US democratic institutions and to America’s culture of democracy, which are only likely to intensify over the next four years.
Beginning with a discussion of the purposes of presidential inaugurations and what we might see in Trump’s inauguration on 20 January 2025, the workshop explores the likely impact of a second Trump presidency on: freedom of the press; the impartiality of the law; immigration and the basis of citizenship itself with threats to end birthright citizenship.
Fully interactive, this session looks behind the news headlines to explore the meaning of democracy and the relationship between state institutions and democratic culture.
A level Syllabus Themes: Government and politics of the USA; electoral process and direct democracy; political parties; civil rights.
Lecturer Profile: Dr Jenny Mathers is Senior Lecturer in International Politics, Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University. Dr Mathers is an expert on security, gender and war, and Russian politics. She has extensive media experience, both in the UK and internationally, as well as experience in advising governments and international organisations on current security issues. Dr Mathers received her undergraduate degree from Mount Holyoke College in the United States and her MPhil and DPhil from Oxford University.