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Steep: The Precipitous Rise of the Tea Party
Lawrence Rosenthal, Christine Trost
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Abstract
List of Illustrations Introduction: Rise of the Tea Party Christine Trost and Lawrence Rosenthal Part I: What Manner of Movement? 1: Tea Parties in Historical Perspective: A Conservative Response to a Crisis of Political Economy Charles Postel 2: Reframing Populist Resentments in the Tea Party Movement Chip Berlet 3. View from the Top: A Report on Six National Tea Party Organizations Devin Burghart 4: AstroTurf versus Grass Roots: Scenes from Early Tea Party Mobilization Clarence Y.H. Lo Part II: The Real Americans: Motivation and Identity 5: Tea Party: A White Citizenship Movement? Lisa Disch 6: Past and Future of Race in the Tea Party Movement Joseph Lowndes 7: Of Mama Grizzlies and Politics: Women and the Tea Party Melissa Deckman Part III: New on the Bloc: Political Impact 8: Grand Old Tea Party: Partisan Polarization and the Rise of the Tea Party Movement Alan I. Abramowitz 9: Future of the Tea Party: Scoring an Invitation to the Republican Party Martin Cohen 10: Tea Party and Religious Right Movements: Frenemies with Benefits Peter Montgomery Epilogue About the Contributors Index