Backlash Presidents: From Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History by Azari, Julia R.
Backlash Presidents: From Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History by Azari, Julia R.

Backlash Presidents: From Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History

How most presidents avoid upsetting the racial status quo--and why those who do pave the way for...
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Author: Julia R. Azari
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Backlash Presidents: From Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History by Azari, Julia R.

Backlash Presidents: From Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History

$76.69
Backlash Presidents: From Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History by Azari, Julia R.

Backlash Presidents: From Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History

$76.69
Author: Julia R. Azari
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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How most presidents avoid upsetting the racial status quo--and why those who do pave the way for lawless, norm-violating successors

When Barack Obama won the White House in 2008, becoming the nation's first Black president, the stage was set for Donald Trump's eventual rise to power. Backlash Presidents shows how, throughout American history, administrations that challenge the country's racial status quo are followed by presidents who deal in racially charged politics and presidential lawlessness, culminating in impeachment crises.

In this incisive book, Julia Azari traces the connections between racially transformative presidents and their successors, examining the presidencies of Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson, Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon, and Obama and Trump. When he signed long-awaited civil rights legislation in 1964, Lyndon Johnson unleashed a perfect political storm that swept Nixon into the White House. Azari demonstrates how Nixon's rhetoric, relationship to Congress, and attitudes about executive power exhibit striking parallels with Andrew Johnson and Trump. She discusses how their actions are linked to race and racialized institutions--the Department of War during Reconstruction, the FBI during the Nixon years, and elections today--and looks at what happens after impeachment, describing how the rush to establish a new order perpetuates many of the same problems as the old.

Challenging the conventional wisdom about the role of norms in American democracy, Backlash Presidents reveals how normal presidential politics upholds unsustainable racial hierarchy that in turn gives rise to intense periods of instability.

Author: Julia R. Azari
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 09/23/2025
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.29h x 6.06w x 1.18d
ISBN: 9780691246956


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2025

About the Author
Julia R. Azari is professor of political science at Marquette University. She is the author of Delivering the People's Message: The Changing Politics of the Presidential Mandate and the editor (with Lara M. Brown and Zim G. Nwokora) of The Presidential Leadership Dilemma: Between the Constitution and a Political Party. Her work has been featured widely in the media, including The New York Times, MSNBC, Politico, and FiveThirtyEight.
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