Understanding The Tea Party Movement (The Mobilization Series On Social Movements, Protest, And Culture)

Although there is a long history of conservative movements in America, the library of social movement studies leans heavily to the left. The Tea Party movement, its sudden emergence and its uncertain fate, provides a challenge to mainstream American politics. It also challenges scholars of social movements to reconcile this new movement with existing knowledge about social movements in America. Understanding the Tea Party Movement addresses these challenges by explaining why and how the movement emerged when it did, how it relates to earlier eruptions of conservative populism, and by raising critical questions about the movement's ultimate fate.

• • Author: Professor Nella Van Dyke, Professor David S Meyer
• • Publisher: Routledge
• • Publication Date: Mar 12, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 204 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1409465233
• • ISBN-13: 9781409465232