The Audacity of Hope
Subtitle: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
By: Barack Obama
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Crown Publishers
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 375
ISBN-13: 9780307237699
Subjects: Politics and government; Philosophy; Legislators; Wert; Politieke kwesties; United States. Congress. Senate; Ideals (Philosophy); United States; African American legislators; Politisches Denken; American National characteristics; Politik; Biography
Description: Senator Obama calls for a different brand of politics--a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the "endless clash of armies" we see in Congress and on the campaign trail; a politics rooted in the faith, inclusiveness, and nobility of spirit at the heart of our democracy. He explores those forces--from the fear of losing, to the perpetual need to raise money, to the power of the media--that can stifle even the best-intentioned politician. He examines the growing economic insecurity of American families, the racial and religious tensions within the body politic, and the transnational threats--from terrorism to pandemic--that gather beyond our shores. And he grapples with the role that faith plays in a democracy. Only by returning to the principles that gave birth to our Constitution, he says, can Americans repair a broken political process, and restore to working order a government dangerously out of touch with millions of ordinary Americans.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Republicans and Democrats; title: Values; title: Our Constitution; title: Politics; title: Opportunity; title: Faith; title: Race; title: The world beyond our borders; title: Family.