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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Robert A. WilliamsPublisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc Imprint: Peter Lang Publishing Inc Edition: New edition Weight: 0.447kg ISBN: 9781433183478ISBN 10: 1433183471 Pages: 244 Publication Date: 25 January 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPreface - Acknowledgements - List of Abbreviations - Culture and Libertarian Politics - Organizing for Votes - Representations by the Local New and the Local Old - Fair Booths - Electoral Campaigns - Cultural Logics and Duopoly - Political Economy of Third Parties - Political Thought and [Re]Invention of Traditions - Ideology and Hegemony - Bibliography - Index.ReviewsAs the Libertarian Party turns 50, Robert A. Williams provides a critical historical account and eye-opening ethnography of hegemonic cultural trends affecting all parties in the United States while tracing the role of the military/industrial complex in their generation. His book is an insightful contribution to anthropology, political science, sociology, and U.S. history. -Kwaku Obosu-Mensah, Author of Ghana's Volta Resettlement Scheme: The Long-Term Consequences of Post-Colonial State Planning and Food Production in Urban Areas: A Study of Urban Agriculture in Accra, Ghana Wide ranging and interdisciplinary, Garrison State Hegemony in U.S. Politics offers a unique granular view of the origins and directions of libertarian politics and its complex and fractious internal dynamics, focusing particularly on Ohio. Robert A. Williams's estimable book offers a case study of electoral failure in third party American politics. -Jack Glazier, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Oberlin College Author InformationA political and urban ethnographer with British training in history (PGDip, De Montfort) and sociology (MPhil, Bangor; PhD, Huddersfield), Robert A. Williams conducts fieldwork in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the United Arab Emirates while teaching online technology and human values courses for The University of Akron. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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