
Entrenchment: Wealth, Power, and the Constitution of Democratic Societies
In today’s high-stakes political environment, entrenchment—efforts to implement change in ways opponents will find difficult to reverse—is at the heart of new laws and court cases. In Entrenchment: Wealth, Power, and the Constitution of Democratic Societies (Yale University Press), Paul Starr analyzes historical examples, such as overcoming slavery, and examines how foundational societal changes become hard to reverse in contemporary democracies.
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July 2025
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