Change They Can't Believe In The Tea Party and Reactionary Politics in America

Name: Change They Can't Believe In The Tea Party and Reactionary Politics in America
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ISBN: 9780691151830

ISBN-10: 0691151830

ISBN-13: 9780691151830

Edition: 2013

Authors: Christopher S. Parker, Matt A. Barreto

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Are Tea Party supporters merely a group of conservative citizens concerned about government spending? Or are they racists who refuse to accept Barack Obama as their president because he's not white?Change They Can't Believe Inoffers an alternative argument--that the Tea Party is driven by the reemergence of a reactionary movement in American politics that is fueled by a fear that America has changed for the worse. Providing a range of original evidence and rich portraits of party sympathizers as well as activists, Christopher Parker and Matt Barreto show that what actually pushes Tea Party supporters is not simple ideology or racism, but fear that the country is being stolen from "real…

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List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 7/2/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Size: 6.26" wide x 9.33" long x 1.14" tall
Weight: 1.452
Language: English



List of Figures and Tables


Preface and Acknowledgments


Introduction Who Is the Tea Party and What Do They Want?



Toward a Theory of the Tea Party



Who Likes Tea? Sources of Support for the Tea Party



Exploring the Tea Party's Commitment to Freedom and Patriotism



Does the Tea Party Really Want Their Country Back?



The Tea Party and Obamaphobia is The Hostility Real or Imagined?



Can You Hear Us Now? Why Republicans are Listening to the Tea Party


Conclusion


Appendix


Notes


Index