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Redeemer Nation in the Interregnum interrogates the polyvalent role that American exceptionalism continues to play after 9/11. Whereas American exceptionalism is often construed as a discredited Cold War–era belief structure, Spanos persuasively demonstrates how it operationalizes an apparatus of biopolitical capture that saturates the American body politic down to its capillaries. The exceptionalism that Redeemer Nation in the Interregnum renders starkly visible is not a corrigible ideological screen. It is a deeply structured ethos that functions simultaneously on ontological, moral, economic, racial, gendered, and political registers as the American Calling. Precisely by refusing to answer the American Calling, by rendering inoperative (in Agamben’s sense) its covenantal summons, Spanos enables us to imagine an alternative America. At once timely and personal, Spanos’s meditation acknowledges the priority of being. He emphasizes the dignity not simply of humanity but of all phenomena on the continuum of being, “the groundless ground of any political formation that would claim the name of democracy.”

Exceptionalism --- Political culture --- Democracy

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Tourism --- Landscapes --- Political culture --- History.

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Attribuer un emploi public, un logement social, un permis de construire, des places en crèche ou un simple titre honorifique est une prérogative des collectivités locales. Loin d'être anodines, ces redistributions de biens publics, matériels ou symboliques, à des individus, des familles, des groupes religieux, des personnalités sont une des modalités du gouvernement de la ville. À partir de l'exemple de Marseille, Cesare Mattina montre comment, dans une ville souvent qualifiée de corrompue, le clientélisme urbain a essentiellement profité aux classes moyennes et petites/moyennes en ascension sociale. Depuis les années Defferre, il a permis aux mêmes groupes sociaux et professionnels, choisis, voire construits — employés des collectivités locales, élites associatives communautaires et de quartier, notables des professions libérales, etc. —, de constituer un « bloc social historique », pour reprendre les termes d'Antonio Gramsci. Croisant dossiers d'archives inédites, entretiens, observation ethnographique, articles de presse et données statistiques, cet ouvrage propose, au-delà du folklore de la « marseillologie », une vision à la fois précise et distanciée d'une des manières de gouverner une ville.

Local government --- Patronage, Political --- Political culture

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"Big Worlds examines Canada's ten provinces and three territories as distinct, democratic "worlds." A separate chapter is devoted to each province (and one explores the three territories), creating a cross-country survey of politics and elections. Tracing the history of each provincial and territorial system, with special attention to the twenty-first century, and drawing on the "worlds" theme, each chapter addresses the "terrain" (political culture, political economy, and political institutions) and the "climate" (the party system, civic culture, and democratic deficits) of Canada's provinces and territories. Big Worlds is a comprehensive sectional study of provincial and territorial politics and elections and is the ideal text for Canadian provincial politics courses."--

Politics, Practical --- Political culture --- Elections --- Politique --- Culture politique --- Provinces

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History --- Political culture --- Democracy --- Shisō no Kagaku Kenkyūkai --- Japan