Firepower (eBook)

How the NRA Turned Gun Owners into a Political Force

Matthew J. Lacombe (Autor)

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2021
328 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-20746-9 (ISBN)

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How the NRA became a political juggernaut by influencing the behaviors and beliefs of everyday AmericansThe National Rifle Association is one of the most powerful interest groups in America, and has consistently managed to defeat or weaken proposed gun regulations-even despite widespread public support for stricter laws and the prevalence of mass shootings and gun-related deaths. Firepower provides an unprecedented look at how this controversial organization built its political power and deploys it on behalf of its pro-gun agenda.Taking readers from the 1930s to the age of Donald Trump, Matthew Lacombe traces how the NRA's immense influence on national politics arises from its ability to shape the political outlooks and actions of its followers. He draws on nearly a century of archival records and surveys to show how the organization has fashioned a distinct worldview around gun ownership and used it to mobilize its supporters. Lacombe reveals how the NRA's cultivation of a large, unified, and active base has enabled it to build a resilient alliance with the Republican Party, and examines why the NRA and its members formed an important constituency that helped fuel Trump's unlikely political rise.Firepower sheds vital new light on how the NRA has grown powerful by mobilizing average Americans, and how it uses its GOP alliance to advance its objectives and shape the national agenda.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.3.2021
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Studies in American Politics
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Studies in American Politics: Historical, International, and Comparative Perspectives
• Zusatzinfo: 30 b/w illus. 9 tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Militärfahrzeuge / -flugzeuge / -schiffe
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: activism • Advocacy group • Allegheny College • American Political Development • American Rifleman • americans • assassination • background check • barack obama • Barnard College • Barry Goldwater • Big Government • Bill Clinton • billionaire • Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act • bump stocks • bureaucrat • Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives • Case study • Charlton Heston • Charlton Heston nra • Christian Right • Citizenship of the United States • Civilian Marksmanship Program • Columbine • Columbine High School massacre • crime prevention • culture war • david keene • Disarmament • Donald Trump • Economics • editorial • elementary school shooting • environmental movement • executive director • Federal Assault Weapons Ban • Federal Firearms Act of 1938 • federal funds • firearm • Firearm Owners Protection Act • Firearm (tool) • Funding • George H. W. Bush • George W. Bush • George Wood Wingate • Gun Control • Gun Control Act of 1968 • gun owner identity • gun politics • Gun politics in the United States • Gun Rights • gun safety • Gun Violence • handgun • Harlon Carter • Identity politics • Ideology • ira katznelson • Lawmaking • Legislation • Legislator • letter to the editor • Liberal Gun Club • Limited Government • lobbying • Martin Luther King, Jr. • Martin Shefter • Masculinity • Mass Mobilization • Mass shooting • mass shooting statistics • Member of Congress • Michael Bloomberg • militias • Mixed Methods • Moms Demand Action • National Firearms Act • National Rifle Association • New Laws • newspaper • nra influence • nra money • nra power • Ownership • Pew Research Center • polarization • Police Officer • political agenda • Political Campaign • Political parties • Political Party • Political Science • Political System • Politician • Politics • Populism • Presidency of Ronald Reagan • Princeton University Press • Provision (contracting) • Reagan coalition • Republican Party (United States) • rights • Right to keep and bear arms • right-wing politics • right-wing populism • Robbery • Ronald Reagan • Sandy Hook • school shooting • Second Amendment to the United States Constitution • Social Identity • Supporter • Tea Party • text analysis • The Atlanta Journal-Constitution • Theda Skocpol • The New York Times • Universal background check • Voting • Washington lobbyists • Wayne LaPierre • Weapon • white supremacy • William Conant Church • World War II • Writing
• ISBN-10: 0-691-20746-1 / 0691207461
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-20746-9 / 9780691207469