The Loyalty Trap

Conflicting Loyalties of Civil Servants Under Increasing Autocracy

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<p><b>Winner, 2026 Best Book Award, Public and Nonprofit Section, Academy of Management</b></p><b>Shortlist, 2026 Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award, Political Sociology Section, American Sociological Association</b> Donald J. Trump took office threatening to run roughshod over democratic institutions, railing against the federal bureaucracy, and calling for dismantling the administrative state. How do civil servants respond to a presidential turn toward authoritarianism? In what ways--if any--can they restrain or counter leaders who defy the norms of liberal democratic governance? <i>The Loyalty Trap</i> explores how civil servants navigated competing pressures and duties amid the chaos of the Trump administration, drawing on in-depth interviews with senior officials in the most contested agencies over the course of a tumultuous term. Jaime Lee Kucinskas argues that the professional culture and ethical obligations of the civil service stabilize the state in normal times but insufficiently prepare bureaucrats to cope with a president like Trump. Instead, federal employees became ensnared in intractable ethical traps, caught between their commitment to nonpartisan public service and the expectation of compliance with political directives. Kucinskas shares their quandaries, recounting attempts to preserve the integrity of government agencies, covert resistance, and a few bold acts of moral courage in the face of organizational decline and politicized leadership. A nuanced sociological account of the lessons of the Trump administration for democratic governance, <i>The Loyalty Trap</i> offers a timely and bracing portrait of the fragility of the American state.

Artikeldetails

EAN

9780231208154

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Taschenbuch

Maße

212 x 137 x 25 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2025

Verlag / Hersteller

Columbia Univers. Press