Covenant of liberty : the ideological origins of the Tea Party movement /: the ideological origins of the Tea Party movement. (©2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Michael Patrick Leahy.
• Other Names: Leahy, Michael Patrick, 1955-
• Contents: Introduction: Four broken promises: why the Tea Party arose -- The English roots of American liberty -- American constitutionalism and the formation of the secular covenant -- Alexander Hamilton and the broken promise of plain meaning -- The Republican Party and the broken promise of free markets -- Woodrow Wilson and the divine right of the state -- Republicans fail to offer an alternative -- Hoover, FDR, and the broken promise of the fiscal Constitution -- FDR's assault on free markets and the Constitution -- LBJ, Richard Nixon, and the final destruction of the three promises -- The broken promise of deliberative accountability and the rise of the Tea Party movement -- Restoring the secular covenant: a Tea Party American based on the Constitution.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Broadside Books
• Publication Date: 2012
• Copyright Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 295 pages)
• Subjects: 320.520973; Tea Party movement; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Parties; Politics and government; Tea Party movement; Tea Party movement; United States -- Politics and government; United States; United States -- Politics and government; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780062066350; 0062066358
• Related ISBNs: 9780062066336; 0062066331; 9780062066343; 006206634X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.