{"product_id":"at-war-with-government-how-conservatives-weaponized-distrust-from-goldwater-to-trump-9780231195218","title":"At War with Government: How Conservatives Weaponized Distrust from Goldwater to Trump","description":"\u003cp\u003ePolling shows that since the 1950s Americans' trust in government has fallen dramatically to historically low levels. In \u003ci\u003eAt War with Government\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 culture, it is fueled by conservative elites who benefit from it. Since the postwar era conservative leaders have deliberately and strategically undermined faith in the political system for partisan aims. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFried and Harris detail how conservatives have sown distrust to build organizations, win elections, shift power toward institutions that they control, and secure policy victories. They trace this strategy from the Nixon and Reagan years through Gingrich's Contract with America, the Tea Party, and Donald Trump's rise and presidency. Conservatives have promoted a political identity opposed to domestic state action, used racial messages to undermine unity, and cultivated cynicism to build and bolster coalitions. Once in power, they have defunded public services unless they help their constituencies and rolled back regulations, perversely proving the failure of government. Fried and Harris draw on archival sources to document how conservative elites have strategized behind the scenes. With a powerful diagnosis of our polarized era, \u003ci\u003eAt War with Government\u003c\/i\u003e also proposes how we might rebuild trust in government by countering the strategies conservatives have used to weaken it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-14163140\"\u003eAmy Fried\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-13725750\"\u003eDouglas B. Harris\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Columbia University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/03\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.98w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780231195218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0231195214\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL040000\"\u003eAmerican Government | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS036060\"\u003eUnited States | 20th Century\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL042020\"\u003ePolitical Ideologies | Conservatism \u0026amp; Liberalism\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmy Fried is John Mitchell Nickerson Professor of Political Science at the University of Maine. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eMuffled Echoes: Oliver North and the Politics of Public Opinion\u003c\/i\u003e (Columbia, 1997) and \u003ci\u003ePathways to Polling: Crisis, Cooperation, and the Making of Public Opinion Professions\u003c\/i\u003e (2012). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDouglas B. Harris is professor of political science at Loyola University Maryland. He is coauthor of \u003ci\u003eChoosing the Leader: Leadership Elections in the U.S. House of Representatives\u003c\/i\u003e (2019) and \u003ci\u003eThe Austin-Boston Connection: Fifty Years of House Democratic \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeadership, 1937-1989 \u003c\/i\u003e(2009) and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eDoing Archival Research in Political Science\u003c\/i\u003e (2012).","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44542325063917,"sku":"9780231195218","price":58.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_ce378778-f9bb-45be-ae41-de14023a6be1.jpg?v=1701525292","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/at-war-with-government-how-conservatives-weaponized-distrust-from-goldwater-to-trump-9780231195218","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}