JASON HACKWORTH is an associate professor in the Department of Planning and Geography at the University of Toronto. He is author of The Neoliberal City: Governance, Ideology, and Development in American Urbanism, which was nominated for the Robert Park Book Award.
Faith Based is a welcome exploration of the complexities and
tensions within the economic and social strains of the American
right.--David K. Ryden "Political Science Quarterly"
Faith Based presents a penetrating analysis of the 'fusion project'
forged between the Religious Right and the true believers of
free-market economics. Focusing on the contested field of social
welfare policy, Hackworth takes us inside this sometimes unhappy
but nevertheless consequential marriage, where rupture always seems
more likely than rapture.--Jamie Peck "author of Constructions of
Neoliberal Reason"
At once a critical history of the more conservative arm of the
contemporary Right; a penetrating sociopolitical analysis of the
party's dismantling of social programs, particularly welfare; and a
theoretical exploration of the ramifications thereof, Jason
Hackworth's study is a timely and welcome addition to the crowded
field of political tomes. . . . For those seeking to develop a more
sophisticated engagement with an at times puzzling ideology, Faith
Based is a necessary introduction.--Emily Wojcik "Plop!"
Hackworth's study begins to remedy the absence of attention to
religion within the critical scholarship on neoliberalism, and it
will push this literature in a new and much-needed direction. Faith
Based is very accessible and interesting, and it moves along
nicely. It's a great book.--Jason Dittmer "author of Popular
Culture, Geopolitics, and Identity"
This insightful book explains the partial fusion of religious
conservatism and libertarian economies in the US. . . . [It] will
be valuable for research libraries, graduate students, and
upper-level undergraduate students interested in religion and
politics, social welfare, and nonprofit organizations.--D. B.
Robertson "Choice"
This is an interesting study of the interplay of religion,
economics and politics.--Al Menendez "Journal of Americans for
Religious Liberty"
Faith Based explores how the Religious Right has supported
neoliberalism in the U.S. offering case studies of gospel rescue
missions, religious charities in action in post-Katrina New
Orleans, and more. . . . The result is a fine guide that discusses
coalition building on the right as it relates to faith-based
alternatives to welfare: a fine pick for any spirituality
collection.--Midwest Book Review
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