Upending American Politics
Polarizing Parties, Ideological Elites, and Citizen Activists from the Tea Party to the Anti-Trump Resistance
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 24 January 2020
- ISBN 9780190083526
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages378 pages
- Size 159x241x25 mm
- Weight 641 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
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?
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The election of Barack Obama in 2008 was startling, as was the victory of Donald Trump eight years later. Because both presidents were unusual and gained office backed by Congresses controlled by their own parties, their elections kick-started massive counter-movements. The Tea Party starting in 2009 and the "resistance" after November 2016 transformed America's political landscape. Upending American Politics offers a fresh perspective on recent upheavals, tracking the emergence and spread of local voluntary citizens' groups, the ongoing activities of elite advocacy organizations and consortia of wealthy donors, and the impact of popular and elite efforts on the two major political parties and candidate-led political campaigns. Going well beyond national surveys, Theda Skocpol, Caroline Tervo, and their contributors use organizational documents, interviews, and local visits to probe changing organizational configurations at the national level and in swing states. This volume analyzes conservative politics in the first section and progressive responses in the second to provide a clear overview of US politics as a whole. By highlighting evidence from the state level, it also reveals the important interplay of local and national trends.
Contributors nicely and incisively dissect recent national and state-level partisan shifts and examine the role citizen activism played. This book is strongly encouraged for those seeking to understand how American politics is shifting, and why political lessons taken as a given a decade ago might no longer apply.
Table of Contents:
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
