Michael J. Illuzzi

@polisci-michael.bsky.social

Teacher-Scholar-Writer/ Gardener-runner-hiker-Celtics fan / Study civic engagement, democracy, populism, narrative power, storytelling, US racial, gender, and class inequality. GU 1999 / MN 2008. Opinions my own.

Thanks to the University Press of Kansas for their work promoting the book. The next book event I have will be at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at St. Anselm College on Thursday, February 26, 2026 beginning at 4:00 p.m. Thanks to Chris Galdieri and Ann Camann for organizing this!

University Press of Kansas@univpressofkansas.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Listen to author @polisci-michael.bsky.social explain why he wrote his book Mending the Nation: Reclaiming "We the People" in a Populist Age. Pick up your copy today and get 40% off with code: UPKHOLIDAY25 (kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700640638/). #peoplehood #authoritarian #populism #politicaltheory

My new book, Mending the Nation: Reclaiming "We the People" in a Populist Age, is now available for pre-order! In a time of cynicism and despair, Mending the Nation uses lessons from the past to chart a new way forward. kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700640638/

Mending the Nation

A bold message of political hope in a time of cynicism and despair, Mending the Nation uses lessons from the past to chart a new way forward.The United State...

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Oh. "This is about whether we have functional constitutional government in this country. If the IRS can go after you because of what you think or what you believe or what you do, we'd no longer live in a free country.“