I agree with those who point out the radical differences between the TP and
OWS, particularly on the issue of wealthy donors for the TP. However,
Skocpol's analysis of the TP (The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican
Conservatism, 2012, Oxford) highlights that the base of the TP is
grassroots, and is highly skeptical of the big donor class. In terms of
skepticism of authority, and some other common social movement dynamics,
there actually are similarities between the groups, although the obvious big
differences cannot be overlooked. Right now I'm tinkering with 3 research
questions
1) Are there social/demographic/economic predictors of TP vs. OWS-I can
get this from census/ACS Tiger files that have this data down to census
tract level, and FEC candidate data at the district level.
2) Was there an electoral or candidate impact of the TP (2009) vs. OWS
(2011) on the subsequent election for the districts with activism-i.e.,
movement in one direction or another, compared with the prior election
results/candidates?
3) Are there tertiary factors that predict activism more broadly-i.e.,
areas with an overlap of TP and OWS activism, separate from factors that
predict a specific partisan trajectory.
Jeramy Townsley
Sociology/Psychology
IUPUI
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Great points!
> From: gangolan@??? <mailto:gangolan@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 18:38:16 -0400
> To: occupyresearch@??? <mailto:occupyresearch@autistici.org>
> Subject: Re: [Occupyresearch] Tea Party/Occupy Comparison
>
> The two movements are vastly different, and points of contrast are perhaps
more important than the similarities.
>
> One point of contrast: the diametrically different reaction by police and
federal authorities.
>
> The occupy movement was overwhelmingly non violent, conducting
interventions through traditional forms of non violent civil disobedience
and the peaceful occupation of public places. They were met with tear gas,
beatings, raids and arrest.
>
> The tea party often showed up brazenly to public spaces displaying
firearms - even at events in which the president was set to appear - and
they were given a wide birth by police. They did not face state violence.
>
> Why? In short, the first challenged elite power structures and the other
supported them.
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>
> On Oct 25, 2013, at 3:03 PM, Kathryn Ranney <kranney@???
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mailto:kranney@hawaii.edu> > wrote:
>
> > I think it would be interesting to compare the two groups. A comparison
between Occupy and one of the reactions to it (could we classify the Tea
Party as a counter-movement to Occupy?) might reveal some data about the
more implicit effects of the Occupy movement.
> >
> > Aloha,
> > Katie
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