Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.