How the Tea Party Captured the GOP: Insurgent Factions in American Politics

by Rachel Marie Blum

The rise of the Tea Party redefined both the Republican Party and how we think about intraparty conflict. What initially appeared to be an anti-Obama protest movement of fiscal conservatives matured into a faction that sought to increase its influence in the Republican Party by any means necessary. Tea Partiers captured the party's organizational machinery and used it to replace established politicians with Tea Party-style Republicans, eventually...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022668749X
• ISBN13: 9780226687490
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"