Abstract
The End of Liberalism is an ambitious, engaging, and intellectually provocative work even if it is also occasionally ambiguous, ahistorical, assuming, and utopian. This work attempts to build a theory of the modern American political regime which captures its complexity, inherent contradictions, institutional dilemmas, and self-destructive public philosophy. Since America has yet to abandon the politics and public philosophy of interest group liberalism, Theodore Lowi's (1969 and 1979) polemic remains a useful and now comfortable perch from which to observe the continuing crisis of public authority and shout appropriate epitaphs. There is little doubt that The End of Liberalism continues to stimulate, define, and inform intellectual and political debate in America 20 years after its initial publication.There are two ironies about The End of Liberalism which are now apparent two decades after its publication. First, if Lowi's work had been completely successful in laying to rest the demon of interest group liberalism and its spiritual compatriots, we might not be assessing the longevity and influence of this work two decades later.
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