03141oam 2200673I 450 991045289540332120200520144314.00-203-08516-71-283-87166-11-136-19623-410.4324/9780203085165 (CKB)2550000000709661(EBL)1097829(OCoLC)822025283(SSID)ssj0000784687(PQKBManifestationID)12300975(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000784687(PQKBWorkID)10782522(PQKB)11517725(MiAaPQ)EBC1097829(Au-PeEL)EBL1097829(CaPaEBR)ebr10635085(CaONFJC)MIL418416(OCoLC)823710295(EXLCZ)99255000000070966120180706d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAmerican exceptionalism in the age of Obama /Stephen BrooksNew York ;London :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (171 p.)Routledge research in American politics and governance ;no. 4Description based upon print version of record.1-138-01576-8 0-415-63641-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [137]-145) and index.Cover; American Exceptionalism in the Age of Obama; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Figure and Table Sources; Preface; 1. Bush, Obama, and the Reemergence of an Old Question; 2. State and Society in America; 3. Religion and American Society; 4. America's Role in the World; 5. Constitutional Exceptionalism; 6. The American Dream; 7. Still Exceptional, But Does It Matter?; References; IndexThe election of President Obama in 2008 and the apparent decline of American power in the world has rekindled an old and important debate. Is the United States exceptional in its values and institutions, as well as in the role that it is destined to play in world affairs?In this book, Stephen Brooks argues that American exceptionalism has been and continues to be real. In making this argument he focuses on five aspects of American politics and society that are most crucial to an understanding of American exceptionalism today. They include the appropriate relationship between the statRoutledge research in American politics and governance ;4.National characteristics, AmericanExceptionalismUnited StatesUnited StatesForeign relationsPhilosophyUnited StatesPolitics and governmentPhilosophyUnited StatesPolitics and government21st centuryElectronic books.National characteristics, American.Exceptionalism973.932Brooks Stephen1956-,899449MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452895403321American exceptionalism in the age of Obama2009504UNINA