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The rise, fall, and influence of the Tea Party insurgency / Patrick Rafail, John D. McCarthy.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rafail, Patrick, 1980- author.
- McCarthy, John D. (John David), 1940- author.
- Series:
- Cambridge studies in contentious politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tea Party movement.
- United States--Politics and government--2009-2017.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--2017-2021.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 249 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- "The Tea Party was one of the most impactful recent conservative social movements. This book provides an unparalleled examination of the Tea Party, carefully tracing its earliest origins, maturity, and eventual decline. The authors highlight the importance of Tea Party activism in understanding the current state of American democracy"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction : a fragile, grassroots insurgency
- Toward a theoretical account of the Tea Party's rise and fall
- The birth of the insurgency : the 2009 Tea Party protests and the groups that staged them
- Tea Party supporters, activists, and mobilizing structures
- The trajectory of the Tea Party insurgency : local activism and its rapid decline
- Threat, political integration, and the disappearance of local Tea Party groups
- Moving off message : the discursive demobilization of the Tea Party
- How Tea Party activism polarized the House of Representatives
- From ridicule to unbridled enthusiasm : the Tea Party's slow embrace of Trumpism
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 15, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Rafail, Patrick, 1980- Rise, fall, and influence of the Tea Party insurgency
- ISBN:
- 9781009423724
- 100942372X
- 9781009423748
- 1009423746
- 9781009423762
- 1009423762
- OCLC:
- 1388209468
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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