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Rule and ruin : the downfall of moderation and the destruction of the Republican Party, from Eisenhower to the Tea Party /
As the 2012 elections approach, the Republican Party is rocketing rightward away from the center of public opinion. Republicans in Congress threaten to shut down the government and force a U.S. debt default. Tea Party activists mount primary challenges against Republican officeholders who appear to...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2012.
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| Colección: | Oxford studies in postwar American political development.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | As the 2012 elections approach, the Republican Party is rocketing rightward away from the center of public opinion. Republicans in Congress threaten to shut down the government and force a U.S. debt default. Tea Party activists mount primary challenges against Republican officeholders who appear to exhibit too much pragmatism or independence. Moderation and compromise are dirty words in the Republican presidential debates. The GOP, it seems, has suddenly become a party of ideological purity. Except this development is not new at all. In Rule and Ruin, Geoffrey Kabaservice reveals that the mode. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 482 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199921133 019992113X 9780199768400 0199768404 1283428083 9781283428088 9780199912902 0199912904 |