Obama at the crossroads : politics, markets, and the battle for America's future / / edited by Lawrence R. Jacobs and Desmond S. King

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910826965803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York City, : Oxford University Press, c2012
• ISBN: 0-19-994278-1; 1-280-59416-0; 9786613623997; 0-19-984537-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): JacobsLawrence R; KingDesmond S
• Disciplina: 973.932092
• Soggetti: Financial crises - United States - History - 21st century; Health care reform - United States - History - 21st century; Race - Political aspects - United States - History - 21st century; Political leadership - United States - History - 21st century; Progressivism (United States politics) - History - 21st century; United States Politics and government 2009-; United States Economic policy 2009-; United States Social policy 1993-; United States Foreign relations 2009-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Contributors; PART I: Obama at the Crossroads; 1. Varieties of Obamaism: Structure, Agency and the Obama Presidency; PART II: The Legislative Crossroads; 2. Institutional Empowerment and Strangulation: Bureaucratic Politics and Financial Reform in the Obama Administration; 3. Reconstituting the Submerged State: The Challenges of Social Policy Reform in the Obama Era; PART III: Structural Crossroads: Political Economy and Racial Orders; 4. Situating Obama's Response to the Crisis: Finance, Regulation, and the American State; 5. Barack Obama's Election and America's Racial OrdersPART IV: ; Obama's Critical Juncture; 6. American Renewal and the Politics of the New Middle America; 7. Barack Obama and the Angry Left: The Fight for Progressive Realism; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W
• Sommario/riassunto: The 2010 election serves as a bookend to one of the remarkable political periods in recent U.S. history. Amidst a profound economic crisis, Americans elected an African American to the presidency and massive Democratic majorities to Congress. Beginning in 2009, the President and Congress put forward a sweeping agenda to both address the economic crisis and enact progressive policies that liberals had been advocating for decades. Within a year and a half, they would pass health care reform and financial reform alongside a stimulus package of nearly a trillion dollars. Democrats also rescued the