Upending American politics

Oxford University Press

2020

xxvii, 347 p.

9780190083526

Introduction: Understanding current transformations in American politics --The elite and popular roots of contemporary Republican extremism / Theda Skocpol --Dissecting the conservative Triumph in Wisconsin / Alexander Hertel-Fernandez --Why Republicans went hard right in North Carolina / Caroline Tervo --The overlooked organizational basis of Trump's 2016 victory / Michael Zoorob and Theda Skocpol --How Trump flipped Michigan / Sally Marsh --Trump's Trump : Lou Barletta and the limits of anti-immigrant politics in Pennsylvania / Elizabeth Thom and Theda Skocpol --From Obama victories to a GOP edge in Florida / Alexandra Caffrey --Middle America reboots democracy : the emergence and rapid electoral turn of the new grassroots / Lara Putnam --Saving America once again : from the Tea Party to the anti-Trump resistance / Leah Gose, Theda Skocpol, and Vanessa Williamson --The surprising advance of gun control politics after Parkland / Sophia Young --The Texas-sized impact of Beto O'Rourke's 2018 senate campaign / Eliza Oehmler and Michael Zoorob --How grassroots resistance networks boosted Pennsylvania Democrats in 2018 / Maximilian Frank --Citizen activism and the Democratic Party / Theda Skocpol, Lara Putnam, and Caroline Tervo --Conclusion: America at a crossroads.

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