The Twilight of Equality - Neoliberalism, Cultural Politics, and the Attack on Democracy (Paperback)

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 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