Rising Star : The Meaning of Nikki Haley, Trump’s Unlikely Ambassador

Nikki Haley has been an emerging force in American politics, her star power burnished over a decade that has seen her move from the national spotlight to the global stage. In Rising Star, political scientist Jason A. Kirk analyzes her ascendance in the Republican Party, from her governorship of South Carolina—during which she faced extraordinary challenges in a state reckoning with tragedy, race, and its own history—to her elevated profile as Donald Trump's ambassador to the United Nations, where, as the daughter of immigrants and a woman of color, she became the face of his America First policy to the world. In considering a wide range of perspectives, Kirk illuminates how the combination of Haley's political talents and her identity as an Indian American, Christian, southern woman has made her an unlikely bridge between the Trump years and the GOP's embattled path forward. Nikki Haley has been an emerging force in American politics, herstar power burnished over a decade that has seen her move from thenational spotlight to the global stage. In Rising Star,political scientist Jason A. Kirk analyzes her ascendance in theRepublican Party, from her governorship of South Carolina-duringwhich she faced extraordinary challenges in a state reckoning withtragedy, race, and its own history-to her elevated profile asDonald Trump's ambassador to the United Nations, where, as thedaughter of immigrants and a woman of color, she became the face ofhis America First policy to the world. In considering a wide rangeof perspectives, Kirk illuminates how the combination of Haley'spolitical talents and her identity as an Indian American,Christian, southern woman has made her an unlikely bridge betweenthe Trump years and the GOP's embattled path forward "In Rising Star, political scientist Jason A. Kirk analyzes Nikki Haley's ascendance in the Republican Party, from her governorship of South Carolina to her elevated profile as Donald Trump's representative to the United Nations"-- Provided by publisher