The Distracted State

1. Globalization of the Economy

Change in the balance of world power

Decline in economically motivated military intervention

Government roles take over by other (private) institutions

National Employment rates determined by non-government forces

Bottom Line: Governments are not able to regulate the economy and ensure stability

2. Fiscal Crisis

Declining contributions (taxes) by citizens

Crisis of welfare in an era of flexible and unflexible workers

Divorce between federal legislation and state capabilities

3. Technological Distractions

The loss of control over ideology

World pollution

4. New Social Movements

Identity Politics--not always Liberal

Quality of Life issues

Anti-Government

Heavily Dependant of TV

Accord

Good Jobs:

Blue Collar Primary Labor
White Collar Primary Labor

Bad Jobs:

Secondary Labor Market

Families:

Homemakers and Breadwinners--Domesticity
Consumption
New Status of Children

Involved State

Welfare Stae

Social Security

Supplemental Security Income

Veterans

Public Assistance Programs Based on "need."

Warfare State:

Cold War and McCarthy

War Industry and the Accord

Sources of Tension

Citizen Wage & workers

Post-Accord

Good Jobs:

Dynamically Flexible Workers

Bad Jobs:

Statically Flexible Workers

Flexible Families

Women, work and feminism
Sex vs. Procreation
High divorce rates
Middle Class

Long Distance Marriages

Late Motherhood

Flexible identities

Working Class

Female breadwinners

Family breakup

Support systems

The Underclass

Distracted State

Globalization of the Economy

Fiscal Crises<