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

Dimaggio, Anthony R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1583672486 ISBN 13: 9781583672488

Publisher: Monthly Review Press,U.S., 2011

Synopsis

What to make of the Tea Party? To some, it is a grassroots movementaiming to reclaim an out-of-touch government for the people.To others, it is a proto-fascist organization of the misinformed andmanipulated lower middle class. Either way, it is surely one of themost significant forms of reaction in the age of Obama. In this definitive socio-political analysis of the Tea Party, AnthonyDiMaggio examines the Tea Party phenomenon, using a vast arrayof primary and secondary sources as well as first-hand observation.He traces the history of the Tea Party and analyzes its organizationalstructure, membership, ideological coherence, and relationship tothe mass media. And, perhaps most importantly, he asks: is it reallya movement or just a form of "manufactured dissent" engineeredby capital? DiMaggio's conclusions are thoroughly documented, surprising, and bring much needed clarity to a highly controversialsubject.

About this title

About the Author:

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";.

About this edition

• Publisher: Monthly Review Press,U.S.
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1583672486
• ISBN 13: 9781583672488
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272