The Tea Party and the remaking of Republican conservatism / Theda Skocpol and Vanessa Williamson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.Description: xii, 245 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780199832637
  • 0199832633
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.520973 23
LOC classification:
  • JK2391.T43 S56 2012
Contents:
Introduction: I want my country back! -- Behind the costumes and signs: who are the Tea Partiers? -- What they believe: the ideas and passions of Tea Partiers -- Mobilized grassroots and roving billionaires: the panoply of Tea Party organizations -- Getting the word out: the media as cheerleader and megaphone -- How the Tea Party boosts the GOP and prods it rightward -- The Tea Party and American democracy.
Summary: Describes the history of the Tea Party movement, from the roots of its development and its conservative backers to its pivotal role in the 2010 midterm elections, and discusses the party's ideologies and future of its political agenda.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: I want my country back! -- Behind the costumes and signs: who are the Tea Partiers? -- What they believe: the ideas and passions of Tea Partiers -- Mobilized grassroots and roving billionaires: the panoply of Tea Party organizations -- Getting the word out: the media as cheerleader and megaphone -- How the Tea Party boosts the GOP and prods it rightward -- The Tea Party and American democracy.

Describes the history of the Tea Party movement, from the roots of its development and its conservative backers to its pivotal role in the 2010 midterm elections, and discusses the party's ideologies and future of its political agenda.

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