Graduation Year
2021
Date of Submission
5-2021
Document Type
Campus Only Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Government
Reader 1
Andrew Busch
Abstract
The question of democratic liberalism has been central to political discourse in the United States since the first days of the country. This thesis paper will address democracy and liberalism separately such as to both demonstrate that the two terms are not necessarily conducive to each other, and to consider the possibility that too much democracy may be damaging to liberalism. I will then consider how the United States came to be a successful liberal democracy, and I will finish with a consideration of the phenomena that have contributed to a decline in American liberalism leading up to 2021.
Recommended Citation
Frank, Taylor, "The Rise of Illiberal Democracy in the United States" (2021). CMC Senior Theses. 2658.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/2658
This thesis is restricted to the Claremont Colleges current faculty, students, and staff.
