Saving the Security State: Exceptional Citizens in Twenty-First-Century America

by Inderpal Grewal

Book Overview

In Saving the Security State Inderpal Grewal traces the changing relations between the US state and its citizens in an era she calls advanced neoliberalism. Marked by the decline of US geopolitical power, endless war, and increasing surveillance, advanced neoliberalism militarizes everyday life while producing the "exceptional citizens"--primarily white Christian men who reinforce the security state as they claim responsibility for protecting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822368986
• ISBN13: 9780822368984
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 9.0"