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Sociology Colloquium, 11/16/2022

Sociology and the Threat to American Democracy

Samuel Cohn ColloquiumDr. Samuel Cohn, Texas A&M University

American democracy is facing potential triple threats: threats to the very existence of democracy itself, threats of the disenfranchisement of a large percentage of the population and the threats of a major legitimation crisis. Some of those threats are avoidable. Others are really going to happen – with grim consequences. Macrosociology has a lot to say about all three of these dangers. The news is not necessarily good.

November 16, 2022
Wednesday, 12:00pm
Location: Liberal Arts Social Sciences Building (LASB) 317