Overview
In the Spring of 2009, the Tea Party emerged onto the American political scene. In the wake of Obama's election, as commentators proclaimed the ""death of conservatism,"" Tax Day rallies and Tea Party showdowns at congressional town hall meetings marked a new and unexpected chapter in American conservatism. Accessible to students and general readers, Steep: The Precipitous Rise of the Tea Party brings together leading scholars and experts on the American Right to examine a political movement that electrified American society. Topics addressed by the volume's contributors include the Tea Party's roots in earlier mass movements of the Right and in distinctive forms of American populism and conservatism, the significance of class, race and gender to the rise and successes of the Tea Party, the effect of the Tea Party on the Republican Party, the relationship between the Tea Party and the Religious Right, and the contradiction between the grass-roots nature of the Tea Party and the established political financing behind it. Throughout the volume, authors provide detailed and often surprising accounts of the movement's development at local and national levels. In an Epilogue, the Editors address the relationship between the Tea Party and the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Full Product Details
Author: Lawrence Rosenthal ,
Christine Trost
Publisher: University of California Press
Imprint: University of California Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.80cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.408kg
ISBN: 9780520274235
ISBN 10: 0520274237
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 14 August 2012
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Steep is an important source for an understanding of the present and future polarization of US politics. --Times Higher Education Excellent... These essays bring a variety of disciplinary perspectives, and offer welcome evidence in support of their arguments... Recommended. --Choice
Steep is an important source for an understanding of the present and future polarization of US politics. --Times Higher Education
Steep is an important source for an understanding of the present and future polarization of US politics. Times Higher Education 20120824 Excellent... These essays bring a variety of disciplinary perspectives, and offer welcome evidence in support of their arguments... Recommended. -- D. R. Imig, University of Memphis Choice 20130401
Author Information
Dr. Lawrence Rosenthal is Executive Director and Lead Researcher of the Center for the Comparative Study of Right-Wing Movements. Dr. Christine Trost is Program Director of the Center for the Comparative Study of Right-Wing Movements at UC Berkeley. She also serves as Assistant Director of the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues (ISSI).
