{"product_id":"the-twilight-of-equality-isbn-9780807079553","title":"The Twilight of Equality","description":"By now, we've all heard about the shocking redistribution of wealth that's occurred during the last thirty years, and particularly during the last decade. But economic changes like this don't occur in a vacuum; they're always linked to politics. \u003ci\u003eThe Twilight of Equality?\u003c\/i\u003e searches out these links through an analysis of the politics of the 1990s, the decade when neoliberalism-free market economics-became gospel. After a brilliant historical examination of how racial and gender inequities were woven into the very theoretical underpinnings of the neoliberal model of the state, Duggan shows how these inequities play out today. In a series of political case studies, Duggan reveals how neoliberal goals have been pursued, demonstrating that progressive arguments that separate identity politics and economic policy, cultural politics and affairs of state, can only fail. Ultimately, \u003ci\u003eThe Twilight of Equality?\u003c\/i\u003e not only reveals how the highly successful rhetorical maneuvers of neoliberalism have functioned but, more importantly, it shows a way to revitalize and unify progressive politics in the U.S. today.A superb book . . . [Duggan] reveals just how much the far-reaching neoliberal revolution has been advanced, at every step of the way, through insidious appeals to race, gender, and sexuality.--Andrew Ross, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Celebration Chronicles \u003c\/i\u003e\u0026lt; br\u0026gt;\u003cbr\u003e Brilliantly bold and coherent. [Duggan] rebuts the puritanical and the implicit, and makes a potent case for various hues of the unrepresented or underrepresented in American politics.\"--Akinbola E. Akinwumi, \u003ci\u003ePoliticalaffairs.net\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Duggan's well-reasoned argument is that true progressive change must occur not in parts but as a unified whole.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Finally, a cogent and hard-hitting attack on the cultural politics of neo-liberalism . . . We need Duggan's book, now more than ever, to point the way to new progressive politics, real social justice and a revitalized public intellectual sphere.\"--Judith Halberstam, author of \u003ci\u003eFemale Masculinity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Lisa Duggan's insightful, carefully argued, and passionate book finally makes sense of neo-liberals' rise to power in the 1990s . . . 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 \u003ci\u003eLonging to Tell: Black Women Talk About Sexuality and Intimacy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eLisa Duggan \u003c\/b\u003eis associate professor of American Studies and history at New York University. She is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eOur Monica, Ourselves: The Clinton Affair and the National Interest\u003c\/i\u003e and author of \u003ci\u003eSapphic Slashers: Sex, Violence, and American Modernity,\u003c\/i\u003e which won the John Boswell Prize of the American Historical Association in 2001.","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299819606245,"sku":"NP9780807079553","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780807079553.jpg?v=1767741944","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-twilight-of-equality-isbn-9780807079553","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}