1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463317703321

Autore

Parker Christoper S.

Titolo

Change they can't believe in : the Tea Party and reactionary politics in America / / Christopher S. Parker, Matt A. Barreto ; with a new afterword by the authors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, New Jersey ; ; Oxfordshire, England : , : Princeton University Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4008-5231-5

1-4008-4602-1

Edizione

[Updated edition with a New Afterword by the authors]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (381 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BarretoMatt A

ParkerChristopher S

Disciplina

322.440973

Soggetti

Tea Party movement - United States

Political participation - United States - History - 21st century

Government, Resistance to - United States - History - 21st century

Protest movements - United States - History - 21st century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical referenes (pages 319-364) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- FIGURES AND TABLES -- PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION: Who Is the Tea Party and What Do They Want? -- 1. Toward a Theory of the Tea Party -- 2. Who Likes Tea? Sources of Support for the Tea Party -- 3. Exploring the Tea Party's Commitment to Freedom and Patriotism -- 4. Does the Tea Party Really Want Their Country Back? -- 5. The Tea Party and Obamaphobia Is the Hostility Real or Imagined? -- 6. Can You Hear Us Now? Why Republicans Are Listening to the Tea Party -- Conclusion -- Afterword to the Paperback Edition -- Appendix -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 the perception that America is in danger directly informs how Tea Party supporters think and act. In a new afterword, Parker and Barreto reflect on the Tea Party's recent initiatives, including the 2013 government shutdown, and evaluate their prospects for the 2016 election.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460750903321

Autore

Shiraev Eric <1960-, >

Titolo

People and their opinions : thinking critically about public opinion / / Eric Shiraev, Richard Sobel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-66335-X

1-317-34585-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (385 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SobelRichard <1949->

Disciplina

303.3/8

Soggetti

Public opinion

Public opinion - United States

Political socialization

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2006 by Pearson Education, Inc.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover ""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Preface""; ""About the Authors""; ""Chapter 1 Introduction: The Nature of Public Opinion""; ""What Is Public Opinion?""; ""Types of Public Opinion""; ""A Case in Point 1.1: Elitist Commentators or Next-Door Neighbors?""; ""Public Opinion and Society""; ""Social Value of Opinion Polls""; ""Practical Value""; ""Comparative Value""; ""A Case in Point 1.2: Specific Opinions on Particular Policies""; ""A Case in Point 1.3: When Pollsters and Their Sponsors "Go Wrong"""; ""Political and Ideological Value""



""Overall Resistance to Polling""""Government: Does Public Opinion Matter?""; ""Two Views on Government and Polls""; ""A Topic for Class Discussion: Factors Mediating Public Opinion's Influence on Policy""; ""Political Structure: Institutions and Communications""; ""Political Landscape and Elections""; ""Political Participation""; ""Assignment 1.1: Proliferating Information Sources""; ""Chapter Summary""; ""Definitions of Key Terms""; ""Chapter 2 Measurement of Opinion""; ""Measurement and Human Expression""; ""Steps in Survey Research""; ""Sample Selection""; ""Types of Sampling""

""Sampling Error""""Sampling and Accuracy of Polls""; ""A Case in Point 2.1: The 1948 Polling Disaster""; ""A Case in Point 2.2: The Use of Nonrepresentative Samples""; ""Looking for Linkages""; ""Surveys""; ""Survey Questions""; ""Structure and Order of Questions""; ""A Case in Point 2.3: The Way Questions Are Asked""; ""Hazy, Knotty, Corny, and Other Bad Questions""; ""Question Translation""; ""Non-Survey Methods""; ""Experiment""; ""Content Analysis""; ""Focus Groups""; ""Meta-Analysis: Research on Research""; ""Qualitative Approaches""; ""A Case in Point 2.4: Culture-Bound Surveys""

""Assignment 2.1: Problems with Questions""""Assignment 2.2: Errors in Sampling""; ""Chapter Summary""; ""Definitions of Key Terms""; ""Chapter 3 Thinking Critically About People's Opinions""; ""Critical Thinking about Polls""; ""Thinking About a Survey's Context""; ""Circumstances Surrounding a Survey""; ""The Way the Question Is Asked""; ""Thinking About Bias in Survey Interpretation""; ""Be Aware of Your Own Prejudgments""; ""Be Aware of Respondents' Assumptions""; ""A Topic for Class Discussion: "Right" and "Wrong" Issues""; ""Wording: Look Critically at Descriptions""

""Pay Attention to Labels""""Question Secondary Sources""; ""Be Aware of Dichotomous and Continuous Variables""; ""A Case in Point 3.1: Headlines About Survey Results""; ""Explanations: Understanding Sources of Opinions""; ""Know How to Interpret Correlations and Co-appearances""; ""Look for Many Causes""; ""A Case in Point 3.2: What the "Average" American Thinks About Correlation and Causation""; ""Assignment 3.1: Similarities and Differences""; ""Chapter Summary""; ""Definitions of Key Terms""; ""Chapter 4 Attitudes and Opinions""; ""The Nature of Attitudes""

""A Case in Point 4.1: Culture and Attitudes""