04069nam 22006613u 450 991046213620332120210114203524.01-280-59416-097866136239970-19-984537-9(CKB)2670000000161679(EBL)886466(OCoLC)782917449(MiAaPQ)EBC886466(EXLCZ)99267000000016167920140113d2012|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||Obama at the Crossroads[electronic resource] Politics, Markets, and the Battle for America's FutureOxford Oxford University Press, USA20121 online resource (209 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-984538-7 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 State5. 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; WThe 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 theFinancial crises -- United States -- History -- 21st centuryHealth care reform -- United States -- History -- 21st centuryObama, Barack -- Political and social viewsPolitical leadership -- United States -- History -- 21st centuryProgressivism (United States politics) -- History -- 21st centuryRace -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st centuryUnited States -- Economic policy -- 2009-United States -- Foreign relations -- 2009-United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-United States -- Social policy -- 1993-Electronic books.Financial crises -- United States -- History -- 21st century.Health care reform -- United States -- History -- 21st century.Obama, Barack -- Political and social views.Political leadership -- United States -- History -- 21st century.Progressivism (United States politics) -- History -- 21st century.Race -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century.United States -- Economic policy -- 2009-.United States -- Foreign relations -- 2009-.United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-.United States -- Social policy -- 1993-.320.973973.932092Jacobs Lawrence R254421King Desmond125728AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910462136203321Obama at the Crossroads2114526UNINA