LEADER 03414oam 2200457 450 001 9910554208603321 005 20210807091428.0 010 $a0-231-55124-X 024 7 $a10.7312/frie19520 035 $a(CKB)4100000011991790 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6420373 035 $a(DE-B1597)600424 035 $a(OCoLC)1240262995 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231551243 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011991790 100 $a20210807d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAt war with government $ehow conservatives weaponized distrust from Goldwater to Trump /$fAmy Fried and Douglas B. Harris 210 1$aNew York :$cColumbia University Press,$d[2021] 210 4$d©2021 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 305 pages) 300 $aIncludes index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tChapter One. Weaponizing Distrust -- $tChapter Two. Trust and Distrust in American Political Development -- $tChapter Three. Here to Help? Movement Conservatism and the State in the Reagan Era -- $tChapter Four. A Revolution Against Government? The Promotion of Distrust in the Clinton Era -- $tChapter Five. ?We?re All Mad Here?: The Tea Party and the Obama Era -- $tChapter Six. ?Punch Government in the Face?: Anger in the Trump Era -- $tChapter Seven. Making Peace with Government -- $tAfterword -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aPolling shows that since the 1950s Americans? trust in government has fallen dramatically to historically low levels. In At War with Government, the political scientists Amy Fried and Douglas B. Harris reveal that this trend is no accident. Although distrust of authority is deeply rooted in American culture, it is fueled by conservative elites who benefit from it. Since the postwar era conservative leaders have deliberately and strategically undermined faith in the political system for partisan aims.Fried and Harris detail how conservatives have sown distrust to build organizations, win elections, shift power toward institutions that they control, and secure policy victories. They trace this strategy from the Nixon and Reagan years through Gingrich?s Contract with America, the Tea Party, and Donald Trump?s rise and presidency. Conservatives have promoted a political identity opposed to domestic state action, used racial messages to undermine unity, and cultivated cynicism to build and bolster coalitions. Once in power, they have defunded public services unless they help their constituencies and rolled back regulations, perversely proving the failure of government. Fried and Harris draw on archival sources to document how conservative elites have strategized behind the scenes. With a powerful diagnosis of our polarized era, At War with Government also proposes how we might rebuild trust in government by countering the strategies conservatives have used to weaken it. 606 $aPolitical culture$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government 615 0$aPolitical culture 676 $a306.20973 700 $aFried$b Amy$01218510 702 $aHarris$b Douglas B. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910554208603321 996 $aAt war with government$92817882 997 $aUNINA