LEADER 03738nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910826965803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-994278-1 010 $a1-280-59416-0 010 $a9786613623997 010 $a0-19-984537-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000161679 035 $a(EBL)886466 035 $a(OCoLC)782917449 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC886466 035 $a(OCoLC)747099269 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB162280 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000161679 100 $a20110812d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aObama at the crossroads $epolitics, markets, and the battle for America's future /$fedited by Lawrence R. Jacobs and Desmond S. King 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York City $cOxford University Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (209 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-984538-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $a5. 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 330 $aThe 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 606 $aFinancial crises$zUnited States$xHistory$y21st century 606 $aHealth care reform$zUnited States$xHistory$y21st century 606 $aRace$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y21st century 606 $aPolitical leadership$zUnited States$xHistory$y21st century 606 $aProgressivism (United States politics)$xHistory$y21st century 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y2009- 607 $aUnited States$xEconomic policy$y2009- 607 $aUnited States$xSocial policy$y1993- 607 $aUnited States$xForeign relations$y2009- 615 0$aFinancial crises$xHistory 615 0$aHealth care reform$xHistory 615 0$aRace$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 615 0$aPolitical leadership$xHistory 615 0$aProgressivism (United States politics)$xHistory 676 $a973.932092 701 $aJacobs$b Lawrence R$0254421 701 $aKing$b Desmond S$0125728 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826965803321 996 $aObama at the Crossroads$94027839 997 $aUNINA