TY  - BOOK
AU  - Parker,Christoper S.
TI  - Change They Can't Believe In: the Tea Party and Reactionary Politics in America 
SN  - 9781400852314
AV  - JK2391 .C436 2014
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Princeton, New Jersey, Oxfordshire, England
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Tea Party movement
KW  - United States
KW  - Political participation
KW  - History
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Government, Resistance to
KW  - Protest movements
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Introduction: who is the Tea Party and what do they want? --; Toward a theory of the Tea Party --; Who likes tea?: sources of support for the Tea Party --; Exploring the Tea Party's commitment to freedom and patriotism --; Does the Tea Party really want their country back? --; The Tea Party and Obamaphobia: is the hostility real or imagined? --; Can you hear us now?: why Republicans are listening to the Tea Party; 2; b
N2  - 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 what actually pushes Tea Party supporters is not simple ideology or racism, but fear that the country is being stolen from "real Americans", a belief triggered by Obama's election. From civil liberties and policy issues, to participation in the political process, the perception that America is in danger directly informs how Tea Party supporters think and act
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