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S. politics, 9/11 was so far-reaching and catastrophic that it flipped the political world upside down; put new issues on the agenda; and changed the political, cultural, and economic climate almost completely overnight. To begin, there was a dramatic reversal of the fortunes of George W. Bush and the Bush administration. Before September 11, Bush’s popularity was rapidly declining. S. politics, Bush seemed to lose control of the agenda with the defection of Vermont Republican Senator Jim Jeffords in May 2001.
Administrations. S. S. S. S. became associated with the support of terrorist groups or authoritar- Theorizing 9/11 31 ian regimes in Asia, Latin America, or the Middle East and its clients turned on their sponsors. S. helped overthrow a democratically elected government in Iran in the 1950s and install the autocratic Shah. S. S. S. S. citizens and on the American (and, indeed, global) economy. S. policy in Afghanistan from the end of the Cold War to the present contributed to the heinous events of September 11.
S. S. intelligence agencies. S. politics and society. 9/11 AND TERROR Wm HAS EVERYTHING CHANGED? In the aftermath of 9/11, there was a wealth of commentary arguing that “everything has changed,” that the post-September 1 1 world is a different one, less innocent, more serious, and significantly altered, with momentous modifications in the Theorizing 9/11 39 economy, polity, culture, and everyday life. S. and global society, signaling reconfigurations and novelties in the current world. S. politics, 9/11 was so far-reaching and catastrophic that it flipped the political world upside down; put new issues on the agenda; and changed the political, cultural, and economic climate almost completely overnight.
