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Genre/Form: | History |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Rachel M Blum |
ISBN: | 9780226687520 022668752X 9780226687490 022668749X |
OCLC Number: | 1226306352 |
Accession No: | (DE-627)168936470X (DE-599)KXP168936470X (OCoLC)1226306352 |
Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 143 - 157) and index. |
Description: | xiii, 164 Seiten Diagramme, Karten |
Responsibility: | Rachel M. Blum. |
Abstract:
"This book explains the impact of the Tea Party on the Republican Party and shows how factionalism works in the American party system. Political movements that in other countries might create a new party, in the United States work in the structure of a deeply embedded two party system which discourages third parties. Always further to the right than other Republicans, those who became Tea Party members felt betrayed after electoral losses in 2008, and no longer trusted the Republican Party to nominate candidates who shared their interests, much less who could win. As the movement gained momentum, Tea Party supporters gained confidence that they could force the Republican Party to heed their voices. Rather than simply creating a new conservative party, Tea Party members used the Republican Party's machinery to remake the party from within"
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"Blum documents the history of the Tea Party with a diversity of evidence and methodological virtuosity. She argues that the Tea Party's presence within the Republican Party is, essentially, a 'party within a party,' a new way of thinking about 'intraparty mobilization' as a strategy undertaken by movements. How the Tea Party Captured the GOP enjoys the properties of a must-read work for those who care about the future of the Republican Party-indeed, for those who care about the future of the country." -- Christopher Sebastian Parker, University of Washington "For all the talk of polarization, we know less than we should about the pressures pushing parties away from the median, which makes this book particularly welcome. As Blum traces the relation between the Tea Party and the Republican Party that the insurgency sought, with great success, to push rightwards, she brings impressive evidence to bear, including long-form interviews with Tea Party activists, network analysis, and use of text-as-data." -- Daniel Schlozman, Johns Hopkins University Read more...

