{"product_id":"tea-party-and-the-remaking-of-republican-conservatism-paperback","title":"Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTheda Skocpol\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eVanessa Williamson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis revised edition features a new afterword, updated through the 2016 election. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn February 19, 2009, CNBC commentator Rick Santelli delivered a dramatic rant against Obama administration programs to shore up the plunging housing market. Invoking the Founding Fathers and ridiculing \"losers\" who could not pay their mortgages, Santelli called for \"Tea Party\" protests. Over the next two years, conservative activists took to the streets and airways, built hundreds of local Tea Party groups, and weighed in with votes and money to help right-wing Republicans win electoral victories in 2010. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this penetrating new study, Harvard University's Theda Skocpol and Vanessa Williamson go beyond images of protesters in Colonial costumes to provide a nuanced portrait of the Tea Party. What they find is sometimes surprising. Drawing on grassroots interviews and visits to local meetings in several regions, they find that older, middle-class Tea Partiers mostly approve of Social Security, Medicare, and generous benefits for military veterans. Their opposition to \"big government\" entails reluctance to pay taxes to help people viewed as undeserving \"freeloaders\" - including immigrants, lower income earners, and the young. At the national level, Tea Party elites and funders leverage grassroots energy to further longstanding goals such as tax cuts for the wealthy, deregulation of business, and privatization of the very same Social Security and Medicare programs on which many grassroots Tea Partiers depend. Elites and grassroots are nevertheless united in hatred of Barack Obama and\u003cbr\u003edetermination to push the Republican Party sharply to the right. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism\u003c\/em\u003e combines fine-grained portraits of local Tea Party members and chapters with an overarching analysis of the movement's rise, impact, and likely fate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTheda Skocpol\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard University, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and past president of the American Political Science Association. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVanessa Williamson\u003c\/strong\u003e is a PhD candidate in Government and Social Policy at Harvard University. Previously, she served as the Policy Director for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47672771739896,"sku":"9780190633660","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/dU9KL1QwRUFvOE9uT3QzcUJpY3F0QT09.webp?v=1766116531","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/tea-party-and-the-remaking-of-republican-conservatism-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}