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The Twilight of Equality? : Neoliberalism, Cultural Politics, and the Attack on Democracy
The Twilight of Equality Neoliberalism Cultural Politics and the Attack on Democracy Author:Lisa Duggan An analysis of the political and cultural agendas that have underpinned the success of neoliberalism — What did a panic over sexual content in a women"s studies conference have to do with one state university system"s budgets? Why did the homeowner supporters of the property tax revolt in California sign on to a petition that gave most of the tax... more » relief benefits to businesses? Award-winning historian Lisa Duggan examines the links between cultural and economic politics in recent U.S. history in The Twilight of Equality?, a book that reveals why progressive arguments that separate identity politics and economic policy can only fail.
"Duggan . . . offers a thoughtful study of how ongoing, bipartisan sponsorship of free market economics has eclipsed social democracy and culture over the past 20 years." —Publishers Weekly
"In writing this superb book, Lisa Duggan has done a great service to every thinking person in America. She reveals just how much the far-reaching neoliberal revolution has been advanced." —Andrew Ross, author of The Celebration Chronicles: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Property Value in Disney"s New Town
"Duggan leaves us with a brilliant analysis of where we are now and a map for how to get to a better, more just place." —Tricia Rose, author of Longing to Tell: Black Women Talk about Sexuality and Intimacy
"The Twilight of Equality presents us with an intellectual yet highly readable work on the rise of "neoliberalism" in the United States." —Alexa Prussin, Girlfriends Magazine« less