03738nam 2200661Ia 450 991082696580332120200520144314.00-19-994278-11-280-59416-097866136239970-19-984537-9(CKB)2670000000161679(EBL)886466(OCoLC)782917449(MiAaPQ)EBC886466(OCoLC)747099269(FINmELB)ELB162280(EXLCZ)99267000000016167920110812d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierObama at the crossroads politics, markets, and the battle for America's future /edited by Lawrence R. Jacobs and Desmond S. King1st ed.New York City Oxford University Pressc20121 online resource (209 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-984538-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 crisesUnited StatesHistory21st centuryHealth care reformUnited StatesHistory21st centuryRacePolitical aspectsUnited StatesHistory21st centuryPolitical leadershipUnited StatesHistory21st centuryProgressivism (United States politics)History21st centuryUnited StatesPolitics and government2009-United StatesEconomic policy2009-United StatesSocial policy1993-United StatesForeign relations2009-Financial crisesHistoryHealth care reformHistoryRacePolitical aspectsHistoryPolitical leadershipHistoryProgressivism (United States politics)History973.932092Jacobs Lawrence R254421King Desmond S125728MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910826965803321Obama at the Crossroads4027839UNINA