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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460828103321

Autore

Street Paul Louis.

Titolo

Barack Obama and the future of American politics / / Paul Street

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-63589-5

1-317-26340-5

1-317-26339-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Disciplina

328.73092

Soggetti

Presidential candidates - United States

Electronic books.

United States Politics and government 2001-2009

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 2009 by Paradigm Publishers"--t.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction: "A Man for All Seasons?" The Dark Essences of American Politics; 1 Obama's "Dollar Value"; 2 The Other Hidden Primary; 3 How "Black" Is Obama? Color, Class, Generation, and the Perverse Racial Politics of the Post-Civil Rights Era; 4 How "Antiwar"? Obama, Iraq, and the Audacity of Empire; 5 Obama Nation: Sixteen Reasons; 6 Beyond the Narrow Spectrum: Citizens, Politicians, Change, and the Obama Phenomenon; Afterword: Imagining a Progressive Future; Acknowledgments; Appendix A; Appendix B; Notes; Index