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The Associational State - American Governance in the Twentieth Century (Paperback)
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The Associational State - American Governance in the Twentieth Century (Paperback)
Series: Politics and Culture in Modern America
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In the wake of the New Deal, U.S. politics has been popularly
imagined as an ongoing conflict between small-government
conservatives and big-government liberals. In practice, narratives
of left versus right or government versus the people do not begin
to capture the dynamic ways Americans pursue civic goals while
protecting individual freedoms. Brian Balogh proposes a new view of
U.S. politics that illuminates how public and private actors
collaborate to achieve collective goals. This "associational
synthesis" treats the relationship between state and civil society
as fluid and challenges interpretations that map the trajectory of
American politics solely along ideological lines. Rather, both
liberals and conservatives have extended the authority of the state
but have done so most successfully when state action is mediated
through nongovernmental institutions, such as universities,
corporations, interest groups, and other voluntary organizations.
The Associational State provides a fresh perspective on the crucial
role that the private sector, trade associations, and professional
organizations have played in implementing public policies from the
late nineteenth through the twenty-first century. Balogh examines
key historical periods through the lens of political development,
paying particular attention to the ways government, social
movements, and intermediary institutions have organized support and
resources to achieve public ends. Exposing the gap between the
ideological rhetoric that both parties deploy today and their far
less ideologically driven behavior over the past century and a
half, The Associational State offers one solution to the partisan
gridlock that currently grips the nation.
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