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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255317203321

Autore

Brown David Warfield

Titolo

Assumptions of the Tea Party Movement : A World of Their Own / / by David Warfield Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016

ISBN

1-137-52117-1

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Disciplina

321.8

Soggetti

America - Politics and government

Communication in politics

Elections

Political science

Political science - Philosophy

American Politics

Political Communication

Electoral Politics

Political Theory

Political Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Assumptions—Their Use and Abuse  -- 2. Self-Reliance Above All  -- 3. Politics as “Dirty Business”?  -- 4. Free Enterprise as Unassailable?  -- 5. The Earth as Man’s Possession?  -- 6. The Native-Born as Coming First?  -- 7. Reconsidering Assumptions.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents a reassessment of the fundamental principles of the Tea Party movement. The Tea Party movement is largely associated with those who want a severely limited federal government spending far fewer taxpayer dollars. What gets less attention are the underlying Tea Party sentiments that, the book argues, are not so much false as they are terribly dated in light of the current national landscape. Such sentiments include prioritizing self-reliance, viewing politics as a “dirty business,” considering “free enterprise” unassailable, and believing the



earth to be man’s possession. Brown skillfully and thoughtfully breaks from partisan considerations to get at the root of the movement, arguing that too many Tea Partiers are living in a world of their own, which, given so many pressing problems in the world, amounts to what Brown calls “sentimental mischief.”.