TY - BOOK ID - 77891306 TI - Analyzing the Divisions in the Tea Party Movement : The Varieties of American Political Passion PY - 2012 SN - 0773418490 9780773418493 9780773430655 0773430652 PB - Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, DB - UniCat KW - Protest movements -- United States. KW - Tea Party movement -- United States. KW - Tea Party Patriots. KW - Tea Party movement KW - Protest movements KW - Tea Baggers movement KW - Teabaggers movement KW - Populism KW - Taxpayers' Tea Party UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77891306 AB - In doing field work and observing Tea Party rallies, Eger discovered that the majority of its members were fiscally conservative, but socially liberal. This caused many divisions and splintering amongst its members, because its agenda was divided between social conservatives and progressives. This explains the rapid decline of its prominence since 2010. Even though the mainstream media (especially Fox News) wants to depict it as socially conservative, the biggest factions tend to be more liberal in the 'culture war' areas. This also shows just how out of touch the media usually is with grassro ER -