CONCLUSION
These struggles over the role of the state constantly re-shape the contours of liberal citizenship. In the USA, citizens value social and economic equality but value market and other individual liberties even more. Believing that the state threatens these liberties, Americans seek to keep it permeable, weak, and neutral. In other liberal polities, of course, the balance among these values is different, as are their definitions and their views about the state’s capacity and legitimacy.