Name: Upending American Politics -Putnam, Tervo & Skocpol on Zoom
Start: 2020-09-23T19:30:00-04:00
End: 2020-09-23T21:00:00-04:00
Location: Riverstone Books

Upending American Politics -Putnam, Tervo & Skocpol on Zoom

Pittsburgh's premier independent bookstore, Riverstone Booksfeatures a well-curated selection of literary and popular fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books.  In addition, we offer a variety of gift items, greeting cards, and children’s puzzles, educational games, and literary stuffed animals. Our experienced booksellers are voracious readers who love to match people to books they will love.

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We are delighted to announce we have rescheduled our kick off to our election year book events with a discussion of Upending American Politics; Polarizing Parties, Ideological Elites, and Citizen Activists from the Tea Party to the Anti-Trump Resistance offers a fresh perspective on recent, radical turns in American politics, from the Tea Party to anti-Trump resistance groups. Analyzes both conservative and progressive activism at national and state levels Focuses on recent and newly changing organizational configurations in the U.S. Argues for and demonstrates the use of many new measures that add to what can be learned from national surveys and statistical election studies We are thrilled to welcome contributor Lara Putnam and co-editors Caroline Tervo and Theda Skocpol. Checkout their interview on WESA's The Confluence: https://www.wesa.fm/post/tracing-political-counter-movements-tea-party-resistance#stream/0 Dr. Skocpol is the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard University. At Harvard, she has served as Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (2005-2007) and as Director of the Center for American Political Studies (2000-2006). Dr. Putnam is the Chair of Department of History, University of Pittsburgh Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences. This event is free but you must register to receive the Zoom link. Our online events do not require the purchase of a book for entry. When you attend these free events, we ask that you consider purchasing the book featured at our event. Your book purchase helps defray the cost of our online platforms and shows your support for the authors who support Riverstone.

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