Assumptions of the Tea Party movement : a world of their own /: a world of their own. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David Warfield Brown.
• Authors: Brown, David Warfield
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; Foreword; Notes; Chapter 1: Assumptions-Their Use and Abuse; Assumptions among Those in the Tea Party Movement; Assumptions among Those with a Liberal Mindset; Assumptions among Those in the News Media; Assumptions among Those in Academe; Assumptions and Ignorance Are Unavoidable; Notes; Chapter 2: Self-Reliance Above All?; Self-Reliance Then and Now; The Social Dimensions of Problem-Solving ... in Classrooms; The Social Dimensions of Problem-Solving ... in Organizations; Deliberating Together32; Finding Enough Others; Using Social Scaffolds39; A Cautionary Note. NotesChapter 3: Politics as "Dirty Business"?; Politics, a Misunderstood Concept; Analysis before Politics ... ; The Practice of Politics ... Obstacles and Opportunities; "Citizen Politics"; Compromised Outcomes in Academe Much Like Politics; Notes; Chapter 4: Free Enterprise as Unassailable?; The Market Failure of 2008; The Moral Failure of Higher Education; Free Enterprise in a Professional Context; Markets in a Democratic Society; Notes; Chapter 5: The Earth as Man's Possession?; Tea Party Faith Confronts Fact; The Creation Story Retold by Evolution; Global Warming as Man's Possession?; Notes. Chapter 6: The "Native-Born" as Coming First? Misreading American history; Multiculturalism in a Decentralized Era; Notes; Chapter 7: Reconsidering Assumptions?; The Tea Party Movement; Enough Others Reconsidering Their Assumptions; The Liberal Mindset; The News Media; Academe; "Assume for the Moment ... "; Will Anything Really Change?; Notes; Afterword; Bibliography; Index.
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 168 pages)
• Subjects: 320.520973; Political science; Tea Party movement; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference; Tea Party movement; Tea-Party-Bewegung; Political Science -- General; Political Science -- Political Ideologies -- Democracy; Political Science -- History & Theory; Philosophy -- Political; Political science & theory; Elections & referenda; Social & political philosophy; Political communication; Elections; Political theory; Political science_xPhilosophy; Politics & government; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137521170; 1137521171; 1137521163; 9781137521163
• Related ISBNs: 9781137521163
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 5, 2016).
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