The end of politics : corporate power and the decline of the public sphere

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"In The End of Politics, Carl Boggs delves beneath the sound bites and news headlines to explore the ongoing process of depoliticization in the United States. This book provides a panoramic view of our political, economic, cultural, and technological scene. Attuned to the many contemporary tren...

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Main Author: Boggs, Carl
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Guilford Press, ©2000.
Series:Critical perspectives (New York, N.Y.)
Subjects:
USA > Government
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
Since 1980
Political participation > United States.
Political culture > United States.
Political leadership > United States.
Corporate power > United States.
Participation politique > États-Unis.
Culture politique > États-Unis.
Leadership politique > États-Unis.
Pouvoir économique > États-Unis.
89.53 political culture.
Corporate power.
Political culture.
Political leadership.
Political participation.
Politics and government.
Social conditions.
Parteipolitik
Politische Beteiligung
Politische Kultur
Sozialpolitik
Politieke attituden.
Politieke participatie.
Burger en overheid.
United States > Politics and government > 1989-
United States > Social conditions > 1980-2020.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1989-
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 1980-
United States.
USA.
Table of Contents:
  • Sex Scandal and Political Entropy
  • The Age of Corporate Colonization
  • The Logic of Antipolitics
  • Capitalism versus Democracy
  • American Exceptionalism Revisited
  • Dimensions of the Problem
  • The Depoliticized Society
  • The Party System as Facade
  • Citizenship in Decline
  • Max Weber Meets Thomas Hobbes
  • Social Crisis and Political Decay
  • Liberalism in Disarray
  • The Shrinking Public Sphere
  • Assessing the Damage
  • The Incorporated Debates
  • Corporate Expansion and Political Decline
  • The New Corporate Polity
  • Commodification of the Public Sphere
  • The Solidification of Elite Power
  • Rise and Decline of the Public Sphere
  • Economic Globalization: Order and Chaos
  • The Tradition of Political Discourse
  • Modernity: A Dual Legacy
  • Liberalism, Marxism, and Beyond
  • Antipolitics Left and Right
  • The 1960s: Politics Affirmed and Sublimated
  • The Rebellion against "Big Government"
  • Warrior Dreams-and Nightmares
  • The New Outlaw Hero
  • Terrorism as Social Catharsis
  • Politics and Antipolitics on the Right
  • A Prelude to Fascism?
  • The Authoritarian Impasse
  • Political Power and Its Discontents
  • Utopianism in the New Age
  • The Therapeutic Revolution: Alienation Depoliticized
  • Localism and the Enclave Culture
  • The Urban Rebellion: Beyond Politics?
  • Deep Ecology: From Politics to Nature
  • Neither Movement nor Party
  • The Postmodern Impasse
  • The Crisis of Modernity
  • The Postmodern as Postpolitical
  • The Predicament of Social Movements
  • The Identity Maze.

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