03334nam 2200577I 450 991064229910332120230621135335.00-472-22106-X0-472-90383-710.3998/mpub.12393244(CKB)5860000000283283(MiAaPQ)EBC30386192(Au-PeEL)EBL30386192(OCoLC)1366291934(MdBmJHUP)musev2_109849(MiAaPQ)EBC7167760(Au-PeEL)EBL7167760(MiU)10.3998/mpub.12393244(EXLCZ)99586000000028328320221216h20232023 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTwilight of the American state /Pierre SchlagAnn Arbor, Michigan :University of Michigan Press,[2023]©20231 online resource (xii, 229 pages)0-472-13338-1 0-472-03926-1 Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-220) and indexDistraction and catastrophe -- The liberal democratic state --The administered state -- The neoliberal state -- The dissociative state -- The authoritarian temptation -- The contest of Diagnoses.The sudden emergence of the Trump nation surprised nearly everyone, including journalists, pundits, political consultants, and academics. When Trump won in 2016, his ascendancy was widely viewed as a fluke. Yet time showed it was instead the rise of a movement--angry, militant, revanchist, and unabashedly authoritarian. How did this happen? Twilight of the American State offers a sweeping exploration of how law and legal institutions helped prepare the grounds for this rebellious movement. The controversial argument is that, viewed as a legal matter, the American state is not just a liberal democracy, as most Americans believe. Rather, the American state is composed of an uneasy and unstable combination of different versions of the state--liberal democratic, administered, neoliberal, and dissociative. Each of these versions arose through its own law and legal institutions. Each emerged at different times historically. Each was prompted by deficits in the prior versions. Each has survived displacement by succeeding versions. All remain active in the contemporary moment--creating the political-legal dysfunction America confronts today. Pierre Schlag maps out a big picture view of the tribulations of the American state. The book abjures conventional academic frameworks, sets aside prescriptions for quick fixes, dispenses with lamentations about polarization, and bypasses historical celebrations of the American Spirit.Administrative lawUnited StatesConstitutional lawUnited StatesState, TheNeoliberalismUnited StatesUnited StatesPolitics and government2017-Administrative lawConstitutional lawState, The.Neoliberalism342.7306Schlag Pierre1278026EYMEYMBOOK9910642299103321Twilight of the American State3012376UNINA