IU Press Elections and Democracy Reading List

Given the outcome of the 2024 US elections, Indiana University Press has put together a reading list from our collection on the state of American democracy. Prepare for the Presidential Inauguration on January 20, 2025 with these enlightening titles.

The following selection of IU Press Journals are FREE to read on Project MUSE for a limited time:

  • Tazeen Mir Ali, “Embodied Experiences and Islamic Feminist Ethics: Gender Equality and Abortion in US Muslim Women’s Interpretive Communities” in Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion 40.2 (Fall 2024), https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/937077.
  • Michael L. Clemons, “The Manifestations, Effects, and Dynamics of Race and Racism in the Campaign and Governance of Barack Obama” in Spectrum: A Journal on Black Men 8.2 (Spring 2021), https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/794231.
  • Tom Mould, “Welfare, Politics, and Folklore: Overcoming the Narrative Bias Against Public Assistance in the U.S.” in Journal of Folklore Research 57.2 (May-August 2020), https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/759656.
  • Milkessa Gemechu, “The New Security Order in East Africa: U.S. Foreign Policy, the Rise of Kenya, and Regional Security Challenges” in Africa Today 71.2 (Winter 2024), https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/944597.
  • Michael L. Clemons, “The Manifestations, Effects, and Dynamics of Race and Racism in the Campaign and Governance of Barack Obama” in Spectrum: A Journal on Black Men 8.2 (Spring 2021), https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/794231.
  • Thai-Catherine Matthews, “Screaming with Laughter: How Jordan Peele’s Get Out Rereads Obama by Rewriting the Black Messiah” in Black Camera 13.2 (Spring 2022), https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/851872.
  • Edward G. Carmines and Matthew Fowler, “The Temptation of Executive Authority: How Increased Polarization and the Decline in Legislative Capacity Have Contributed to the Expansion of Presidential Power” in Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies 24.2 (2017), https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/3/article/678118.

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