Race and the Obama Administration : Substance, symbols and hope / / Andra Gillespie

• Autore: Gillespie Andra
• Pubblicazione: Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiii, 237 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 973.932
• Soggetto topico: Relations interethniques - États-Unis - 21e siecle; Noirs americains - Conditions economiques - 21e siecle; Noirs americains - Conditions sociales - 21e siecle; Politique et gouvernement - États-Unis - 2009-2017
• Soggetto non controllato: African-American studies; American Presidency; Barack Obama; Bill Clinton; George W. Bush; race &politics; racial equality
• Note generali: Bibliogr. p. 208-230. Index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 208-230) and index.
• Sommario/riassunto: "The election of Barack Obama marked a critical point in American political and social history. Did the historic election of a black president actually change the status of blacks in the United States? Did these changes (or lack thereof) inform blacks' perceptions of the President? This book explores these questions by comparing Obama's promotion of substantive and symbolic initiatives for blacks to efforts by the two previous presidential administrations. By employing a comparative analysis, the reader can judge whether Obama did more or less to promote black interests than his predecessors. Taking a more empirical approach to judging Barack Obama, this book hopes to contribute to current debates about the significance of the first African American presidency. It takes care to make distinctions between Obama's substantive and symbolic accomplishments and to explore the significance of both" (ed.).
• Titolo autorizzato: Race and the Obama Administration
• ISBN: 1-5261-0503-9; 1-5261-5517-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817617303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II