Faculty Spotlight: Roger Lancaster publishes Op-Ed piece on the state of the Democratic Party amid the 2020 presidential primaries

Faculty Spotlight: Roger Lancaster publishes Op-Ed piece on the state of the Democratic Party amid the 2020 presidential primaries

Reacting to media coverage leading up to Super Tuesday, CS faculty Roger Lancaster just published an Op-Ed on Common Dreams about the state of the Democratic Party and its response to shifts in ground-level politics amid the 2020 presidential primaries.

Looking at socioeconomic trends in America and the political polarization within the Democratic Party, Lancaster takes up Jürgen Habermas’ notion of legitimation crisis to contextualize the stakes of the moment and to demonstrate ways forward.

Please follow this link to read Lancaster's opinion piece.