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How the NRA became a political juggernaut by influencing the behaviors and beliefs of everyday AmericansThe National Rifle Association is one of the most powerful interest groups in America, and has consistently managed to defeat or weaken proposed gun regulations-even despite widespread public supp...

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Autor principal: Lacombe, Matthew J. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Colección:Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives ; 179
Temas:
Firearms owners > Political activity > United States.
Firearms ownership > Political aspects > United States.
Gun control > United States.
Pressure groups > United States.
Propriétaires d'armes à feu > Activité politique > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General.
American Rifleman.
American political development.
Charlton Heston nra.
Charlton Heston.
Columbine.
George Wood Wingate.
Liberal Gun Club.
Sandy Hook.
Tea Party.
Washington lobbyists.
Wayne LaPierre.
William Conant Church.
bump stocks.
culture war.
elementary school shooting.
gun control.
gun owner identity.
gun politics.
gun rights.
gun safety.
identity politics.
lobbying.
mass shooting statistics.
militias.
mixed methods.
nra influence.
nra money.
nra power.
polarization.
political parties.
social identity.
text analysis.
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Sumario:How the NRA became a political juggernaut by influencing the behaviors and beliefs of everyday AmericansThe National Rifle Association is one of the most powerful interest groups in America, and has consistently managed to defeat or weaken proposed gun regulations-even despite widespread public support for stricter laws and the prevalence of mass shootings and gun-related deaths. Firepower provides an unprecedented look at how this controversial organization built its political power and deploys it on behalf of its pro-gun agenda.Taking readers from the 1930s to the age of Donald Trump, Matthew Lacombe traces how the NRA's immense influence on national politics arises from its ability to shape the political outlooks and actions of its supporters. He draws on nearly a century of archival records and surveys to show how the organization has fashioned a distinct worldview around gun ownership and used it to mobilize its supporters. Lacombe reveals how the NRA's cultivation of a large, unified, and active base has enabled it to build a resilient alliance with the Republican Party, and examines why the NRA and its members formed an important base that helped fuel the unlikely political rise of Donald Trump.Firepower sheds vital new light on how the NRA has grown powerful by mobilizing average Americans, and how it uses its GOP alliance to advance its objectives and shape the national agenda.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (328 p.) : 30 b/w illus. 9 tables.
ISBN:9780691207469
9783110754001
9783110753776
9783110754179
9783110753943
9783110739121
Acceso:restricted access

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