Scholars respond to the Trump regime: varieties of critique, resistance, and community

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Notes

1. 'Regime' is a word that has many different meanings in many different contexts—different national contexts, different academic contexts, and even different cultural contexts. Merriam-Webster online (n.d.) defines it as '2 a: mode of rule or management, b: a form of government, c: a government in power, [or] d: a period of rule'. However, google.com’s (n.d.) own dictionary defines it as 'a government, especially an authoritarian one', thus raising the possible issue of a potentially negative connotation. In contrast, many scholars use it in a more neutral, descriptive sense. Stone’s work (1989) on 'regime theory' might be the classic example of this. In his well known and widely respected book, Regime politics: Governing Atlanta, 'regime' has no negative connotation; it is just descriptive, much like the Merriam-Webster definition. Thus, to understand the meaning the author intends, the context must be examined.

2. All citations are from articles within this special issue.