At war with government : how conservatives weaponized distrust from Goldwater to Trump /

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 Am...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Fried, Amy (Author), Harris, Douglas B. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Columbia University Press, [2021]
Subjects:	Political culture > United States. Conservatives > United States. Political alienation > United States. United States > Politics and government.

Table of Contents:

Weaponizing distrust
Trust and distrust in American political development
Here to help? Movement conservatism and the state in the Reagan era
A revolution against government? The promotion of distrust in the Clinton era
"We're all mad here": The Tea Party and the Obama era
"Punch government in the face": anger in the Trump Era
Making peace with government.