Open AccessDeepening Crisis of the US Political System: Causes, Signs and Consequences
Author(s) -
Natalia Travkina,
Vladimir Vasiliev
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
perspektivy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2411-3417
DOI - 10.32726/2411-3417-2019-3-53-67
Subject(s) - politics , polarization (electrochemistry) , political economy , element (criminal law) , political science , government (linguistics) , administration (probate law) , political system , political crisis , economics , law , democracy , linguistics , chemistry , philosophy
The most important background element of a profound crisis of the US political system has been the steady decline of the American public confidence in government. Fundamental changes have occurred in the mechanism used in Washington to adopt major reforms and other initiatives, which are now carried out exclusively on a one-party basis. In turn, this further reinforces political polarization, leading to a triumph of destructive “zero-sum games” when the ruling party’s objective boils down to dismantling the legacy left by the opposing party. All that has become particularly vivid under the Trump administration in 2017–2019.