Democratic Resilience: Can the United States Withstand Rising Polarization?

Robert C. Lieberman is Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University. He is a scholar of American political development, race and politics, public policy, and democracy and the author of several prize-winning books, including Four Threats: The Recurring Crises of American Democracy (2020), co-authored with Suzanne Mettler.

Suzanne Mettler is the John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions in the Government Department at Cornell University. Her research and teaching interests include American political development, inequality, public policy, political behavior, and democracy. She is the author of six books, including Four Threats: The Recurring Crises of American Democracy (2020), co-authored with Robert C. Lieberman.

Kenneth M. Roberts is the Richard J. Schwartz Professor of Government at Cornell University. His research explores democratic representation and its defects, including the study of parties, populism and social movements from a comparative perspective. He is the author of Changing Course in Latin America: Party Systems in the Neoliberal Era.