LEADER 03176oam 2200685I 450 001 9910811993903321 005 20240131143021.0 010 $a0-203-08516-7 010 $a1-283-87166-1 010 $a1-136-19623-4 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203085165 035 $a(CKB)2550000000709661 035 $a(EBL)1097829 035 $a(OCoLC)822025283 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000784687 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12300975 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000784687 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10782522 035 $a(PQKB)11517725 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1097829 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1097829 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10635085 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL418416 035 $a(OCoLC)823710295 035 $a(OCoLC)1038388989 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB135026 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000709661 100 $a20180706d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmerican exceptionalism in the age of Obama /$fStephen Brooks 210 1$aNew York ;$aLondon :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (171 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge research in American politics and governance ;$vno. 4 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-01576-8 311 $a0-415-63641-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [137]-145) and index. 327 $aCover; 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; Index 330 $aThe election of President Obama in 2008 and the apparent decline of American power in the world has rekindled an old and important debate. Is the United States exceptional in its values and institutions, as well as in the role that it is destined to play in world affairs?In this book, Stephen Brooks argues that American exceptionalism has been and continues to be real. In making this argument he focuses on five aspects of American politics and society that are most crucial to an understanding of American exceptionalism today. They include the appropriate relationship between the stat 410 0$aRoutledge research in American politics and governance ;$v4. 606 $aNational characteristics, American 606 $aExceptionalism$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$xPhilosophy 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$xPhilosophy 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y21st century 615 0$aNational characteristics, American. 615 0$aExceptionalism 676 $a973.932 700 $aBrooks$b Stephen$f1956-,$0899449 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910811993903321 996 $aAmerican exceptionalism in the age of Obama$94110954 997 $aUNINA