At War with Government : : How Conservatives Weaponized Distrust from Goldwater to Trump / / Douglas B. Harris, Amy Fried.
Polling shows that since the 1950s Americans’ trust in government has fallen dramatically to historically low levels. In At War with Government, the political scientists Amy Fried and Douglas B. Harris reveal that this trend is no accident. Although distrust of authority is deeply rooted in American...
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| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter One. Weaponizing Distrust
- Chapter Two. Trust and Distrust in American Political Development
- Chapter Three. Here to Help? Movement Conservatism and the State in the Reagan Era
- Chapter Four. A Revolution Against Government? The Promotion of Distrust in the Clinton Era
- Chapter Five. “We’re All Mad Here”: The Tea Party and the Obama Era
- Chapter Six. “Punch Government in the Face”: Anger in the Trump Era
- Chapter Seven. Making Peace with Government
- Afterword
- Notes
- Index