CS3 5th Anniversary Distinguished Lecture

Thomas F. Schaller, Ph.D.

Professor of Political Science
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)

Paul Waldman, Ph.D.

Journalist

The White Rural Threat to Democracy

Rural White voters have long enjoyed outsized power and thus unofficial status as what the authors call America’s “essential minority.” Unfortunately, rural Whites’ commitments to constitutional democracy have recently begun to weaken and erode. Schaller and Waldman explain the four interconnected threats to the functioning and survival of our constitutional system that rural Whites now pose, and four compounding factors that exacerbate rural Whites’ eroding commitments.  Click here to learn more about their latest book, released in February 2024, White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy.

Advance registration is required. 

This lecture will be recorded.  

Charm City Books will be onsite for a book sale and signing.  Preorder your copy now using promo code WRR10 for a 10% discount.  Preorders will be available for pick up at the event. This code will also be valid for onsite purchases.  

Organized by the Center for Social Science Scholarship.