What distinguishes America from other societies? Mugambi Jouet’s academic research explores this fascinating question. A USC law professor , he is the author of Exceptional America: What Divides Americans From the World and From Each Other (University of California Press), a book on the intriguing roots of America’s intense polarization over a host of fundamental issues, from mass incarceration to the death penalty, wealth inequality, race, religion, and beyond. He was interviewed on C-SPAN’s Book TV , NPR/
For its 125th anniversary, the University of California Press interviewed Mugambi Jouet about his book “Exceptional America”
Comparing the reactions to 9/11 in America with the Parisian terrorist attacks on Charlie Hebdo and French Jews