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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778954603321

Autore

Foley Elizabeth Price

Titolo

The Tea Party : three principles / / Elizabeth Price Foley [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2012

ISBN

1-139-20980-9

1-107-22883-2

1-280-48514-0

1-139-22270-8

9786613580122

1-139-21790-9

0-511-89554-2

1-139-21481-0

1-139-22441-7

1-139-22098-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 238 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Classificazione

POL000000

Disciplina

320.520973

Soggetti

Tea Party movement

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes an index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: 1. Limited government; 2. US sovereignty; 3. Constitutional originalism; 4. Looking forward.

Sommario/riassunto

In The Tea Party: Three Principles, constitutional law professor Elizabeth Price Foley takes on the mainstream media's characterization of the American Tea Party movement, asserting that it has been distorted in a way that prevents meaningful political dialogue and may even be dangerous for America's future. Foley sees the Tea Party as a movement of principles over politics. She identifies three 'core principles' of American constitutional law that bind the decentralized, wide-ranging movement: limited government, unapologetic US sovereignty and constitutional originalism. These three principles, Foley explains, both define the Tea Party movement and predict its effect on the American political landscape. Foley explains the three principles'



significance to the American founding and constitutional structure. She then connects the principles to current issues such as health care reform, illegal immigration, the war on terror, and internationalism.