Understanding the Tea Party Movement (Paperback, New Ed)

Hailing themselves as heirs to the American Revolution, the Tea Party movement staged tax day protests in over 750 US cities in April 2009, quickly establishing a large and volatile social movement. Tea Partiers protested at town hall meetings about health care across the country in August, leading to a large national demonstration in Washington on September 12, 2009. The movement spurred the formation (or redefinition) of several national organizations and many more local groups, and emerged as a strong force within the Republican Party. Self-described Tea Party candidates won victories in the November 2010 elections. Even as activists demonstrated their strength and entered government, the future of the movement's influence, and even its ultimate goals, are very much in doubt. In 2012, Barack Obama, the movement's prime target, decisively won re-election, Congressional Republicans were unable to govern, and the Republican Party publicly wrestled with how to manage the insurgency within. Although there is a long history of conservative movements in America, the library of social movement studies leans heavily to the left. The Tea Party movement, its sudden emergence and its uncertain fate, provides a challenge to mainstream American politics. It also challenges scholars of social movements to reconcile this new movement with existing knowledge about social movements in America. Understanding the Tea Party Movement addresses these challenges by explaining why and how the movement emerged when it did, how it relates to earlier eruptions of conservative populism, and by raising critical questions about the movement's ultimate fate.

General

Imprint:	Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	The Mobilization Series on Social Movements, Protest, and Culture
Release date:	March 2014
First published:	2014
Authors:	Nella Van Dyke
Editors:	David S. Meyer
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	204
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-1-4094-6523-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political activism > Revolutions & coups
LSN:	1-4094-6523-3
Barcode:	9781409465232

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