The Rise of the Tea Party: Political Discontent and Corporate Media in the Age of Obama - Softcover

Dimaggio, Anthony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1583672478 ISBN 13: 9781583672471

Verlag: MONTHLY REVIEW PR, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

<p>What to make of the Tea Party? To some, it is a grassroots movement

aiming to reclaim an out-of-touch government for the people.

To others, it is a proto-fascist organization of the misinformed and

manipulated lower middle class. Either way, it is surely one of the

most significant forms of reaction in the age of Obama.</p>

<p>In this definitive socio-political analysis of the Tea Party, Anthony

DiMaggio examines the Tea Party phenomenon, using a vast array

of primary and secondary sources as well as first-hand observation.

He traces the history of the Tea Party and analyzes its organizational

structure, membership, ideological coherence, and relationship to

the mass media. And, perhaps most importantly, he asks: is it really

a movement or just a form of “manufactured dissent” engineered

by capital? DiMaggio’s conclusions are thoroughly documented,

surprising, and bring much needed clarity to a highly controversial

subject.</p>

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Anthony DiMaggio teaches American Government and International Relations at Illinois State University in the department of politics and government. He publishes regularly in Z Magazine and Counterpunch, and is the author of Mass Media, Mass Propaganda: Examining American News in the "War on Terror";.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: MONTHLY REVIEW PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1583672478
• ISBN 13: 9781583672471
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 287
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