TY - BOOK ID - 85750157 TI - Bernie Sanders’s Democratic Socialism : Holding Utopia Accountable PY - 2021 SN - 3030696618 303069660X PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, DB - UniCat KW - Political science. KW - Elections. KW - Electoral politics KW - Franchise KW - Polls KW - Political science KW - Politics, Practical KW - Plebiscite KW - Political campaigns KW - Representative government and representation KW - Administration KW - Civil government KW - Commonwealth, The KW - Government KW - Political theory KW - Political thought KW - Politics KW - Science, Political KW - Social sciences KW - State, The KW - America KW - American Politics. KW - Electoral Politics. KW - Political Theory. KW - Governance and Government. KW - Politics and government. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85750157 AB - This book provides a framework for understanding and analyzing Bernie Sanders’s democratic socialism, its origins, its maturation, and its evolution between 1972, when Sanders ran for the Vermont gubernatorial election for the first time, and 2020, when he made his second presidential run. The core argument is that Bernie Sanders’s characteristic brand of socialism evolved from the mould of late 19th century utopian radicalism to radical demands for state and corporate accountability in the 21st century, turning into a social movement for reparative justice that rose to national prominence in the wake of the Great Recession in 2008 and of the Occupy Wall Street movement in 2011. Nicolas Gachon is a specialist in US Politics and Political History at the Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, France. He has also held previous positions with the French Embassies in the United States and in Canada. ER -