Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism

By Vanessa Williamson and Theda Skocpol

Book Overview

On 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. In this study, Theda Skocpol and Vanessa Williamson go beyond images of protesters in Colonial costumes to provide a nuanced portrait of the Tea Party.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019997554X
• ISBN13: 9780199975549
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"