Steep the precipitous rise of the Tea Party / edited by Lawrence Rosenthal, Christine Trost.

Other author Rosenthal, Lawrence, 1949-
Other author Trost, Christine.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBerkeley : University of California Press,
Descriptionviii, 297 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Contents Introduction: the rise of the Tea Party -- The tea parties in historical perspective: a conservative response to a crisis of political economy / Charles Postel -- Reframing populist resentments in the Tea Party movement / Chip Berlet -- View from the top: a report on six national Tea Party organizations / Devin Burghart -- Astroturf versus grass roots: scenes from early Tea Party mobilization / Clarence Y.H. Lo -- The Tea Party: a white citizenship movement? / Lisa Disch -- The past and future of race in the Tea Party movement / Joseph Lowndes -- Of mama grizzlies and politics: women and the Tea Party / Melissa Deckman -- Grand old Tea Party: partisan polarization and the rise of the Tea Party movement / Alan I. Abramowitz -- The future of the Tea Party: scoring an invitation to the Republican Party / Martin Cohen -- The Tea Party and religious right movements / Peter Montgomery.
General noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012007436
ISBN9780520274228 (cloth)
ISBN9780520274235 (pbk.)