How the Tea Party captured the GOP
Subtitle: insurgent factions in American politics
By: Rachel M. Blum
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2020
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780226687667
Copyright date: 2020
Subjects: History; Tea Party movement; Populism; Political Science; General; Government; Legislative Branch; Political Process; Political Parties; Political Ideologies; Conservatism & Liberalism; 21st Century; Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Description: "This book explains the impact of the Tea Party on the Republican Party and shows how factionalism works in the American party system. Political movements that in other countries might create a new party, in the United States work in the structure of a deeply embedded two party system which discourages third parties. Always further to the right than other Republicans, those who became Tea Party members felt betrayed after electoral losses in 2008, and no longer trusted the Republican Party to nominate candidates who shared their interests, much less who could win. As the movement gained momentum, Tea Party supporters gained confidence that they could force the Republican Party to heed their voices. Rather than simply creating a new conservative party, Tea Party members used the Republican Party's machinery to remake the party from within"--
Table of contents: title: Intro; title: Contents; title: Preface; title: Chapter 1. Introduction: An Intraparty Insurgency; title: Chapter 2. Miniature Parties within Parties; title: Chapter 3. What's Wrong on the Right? Why the Tea Party Contested the Republican Party; title: Chapter 4. Mobilizing the Insurgency: The Tea Party's Federated Organization; title: Chapter 5. Renegotiating the Terms: The Tea Party's Ideological Demands; title: Chapter 6. Taking Over the House: Insurgent Factions and Congress; title: Chapter 7. Conclusion: When Factions Take Over Parties; title: Technical Appendixes; title: Acknowledgments; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index