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How the political beliefs of Tea Party supporters are connected to far-right social movementsAre Tea Party supporters merely a group of conservative citizens concerned about government spending? Or...
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How the political beliefs of Tea Party supporters are connected to far-right social movements

Are Tea Party supporters merely a group of conservative citizens concerned about government spending? Or are they racists who refuse to accept Barack Obama as their president because he's not white? Change They Can’t Believe In offers an alternative argument—that the Tea Party is driven by the reemergence of a reactionary movement in American politics that is fueled by a fear that America has changed for the worse. Providing a range of original evidence and rich portraits of party sympathizers as well as activists, Christopher Parker and Matt Barreto show that the perception that America is in danger directly informs how Tea Party supporters think and act.

In a new afterword, Parker and Barreto reflect on the Tea Party’s recent initiatives, including the 2013 government shutdown, and evaluate their prospects for the 2016 election.

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Price: $31.00
Pages: 400
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Publication Date: 26 October 2014
ISBN: 9780691163611
Format: Paperback
BISACs:

POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Conservatism & Liberalism, Right-of-centre democratic ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Radicalism, Centrist democratic ideologies, Political parties and party platforms, Politics and government, Political ideologies and movements
"Winner of the 2014 Best Book Award, Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association"
Christopher S. Parker is associate professor of political science at the University of Washington, Seattle. He is the author of Fighting for Democracy (Princeton). Matt A. Barreto is associate professor of political science at the University of Washington, Seattle, and director of the Washington Institute for the Study of Ethnicity, Race and Sexuality. He is the author of Ethnic Cues.