Upending American Politics

Polarizing Parties, Ideological Elites, and Citizen Activists from the Tea Party to the Anti-Trump Resistance
Herausgeber: Skocpol, Theda; Tervo, Caroline

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Upending American Politics offers a fresh perspective on recent, radical turns in American politics, from the Tea Parties starting in 2009 and anti-Trump resistance groups starting in late 2016. The volume provides insightful answers to key questions: Why has partisan polarization unfolded in a heavily rightward-tilted manner that sees Republicans embracing ever-more extreme positions? Why have widespread grassroots citizens movements erupted twice just eight years, and what impact have these movements had on the major political parties?

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Januar 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 155mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780190083533
• ISBN-10: 0190083530
• Artikelnr.: 57975853

Autorenporträt

THEDA SKOCPOL is the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard University and the Director of the Scholars Strategy Network. She is a past president of the American Political Science Association. CAROLINE TERVO is a research coordinator in the Harvard Government Department who focuses on citizen grassroots organizing, state and local party building, and the local effects of federal policy changes.

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface and Acknowledgments
* Contributors
* INTRODUCTION
* Understanding Current Transformations in American Politics
* Part One. REPUBLICANS OUTFLANKED AND RADICALIZED
* 1. The Elite and Popular Roots of Contemporary Republican Extremism,
* by Theda Skocpol.
* 2. Dissecting the Conservative Triumph in Wisconsin, by Alexander
Hertel-Fernandez.
* 3. Why Republicans Went Hard Right in North Carolina, by Caroline
Tervo.
* 4. The Overlooked Organizational Basis of Trump's 2016 Victory, by
Michael Zoorob and Theda Skocpol.
* 5. How Trump Flipped Michigan, by Sally Marsh.
* 6. Trump's Trump: Lou Barletta and the Limits of Anti-Immigrant
Politics in Pennsylvania, by Elizabeth Thom and Theda Skocpol.
* Part Two. DEMOCRATS AT BAY AND RESURGENT
* 7. From Obama Victories to a GOP Edge in Florida, by Alexandra
Caffrey.
* 8. Middle America Reboots Democracy: The Emergence and Rapid
Electoral Turn of the New Grassroots, by Lara Putnam.
* 9. Saving America Once Again -- from the Tea Party to the anti-Trump
Resistance, by Leah Gose, Theda Skocpol, and Vanessa Williamson.
* 10. The Surprising Advance of Gun Control Politics after Parkland,
by Sophia Young.
* 11. The Texas-Sized Impact of Beto O'Rourke's 2018 Senate Campaign,
by Eliza Oehmler and Michael Zoorob.
* 12. How Grassroots Resistance Networks Boosted Pennsylvania Democrats
in 2018, by Maximilian Frank.
* 13. Citizen Activism and the Democratic Party, by Theda Skocpol, Lara
Putnam, and Caroline Tervo.
* CONCLUSION
* America at a Crossroads