TY - BOOK AU - Skocpol,Theda AU - Williamson,Vanessa TI - The Tea Party and the remaking of Republican conservatism SN - 9780199832637 AV - JK2391.T43 S56 2012 U1 - 320.520973 23 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) KW - fast KW - Tea Party movement KW - Conservatism KW - United States KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties^POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism KW - BISAC N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -