Obama at the crossroads
Subtitle: politics, markets, and the battle for America's future
By: edited by Lawrence R. Jacobs and Desmond S. King
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780199845361; 9780199845385
Subjects: Politics and government; Financial crises; Political leadership; Social policy; Political and social views; Race; Health care reform; Progressivism (United States politics); Economic policy; Foreign relations; History
Description: The 2010 election serves as a bookend to one of the remarkable political periods in recent US history. Amidst a profound economic crisis, Americans elected an African American to the presidency and massive Democratic majorities to Congress. This book analyses this extraordinary period.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Obama at the Crossroads; title: Varieties of Obamaism : Structure, Agency and the Obama Presidency / Lawrence R. Jacobs and Desmond S. King; title: pt. 2. The Legislative Crossroads; title: Finance Politics and Financial Reform in the Obama Administration / Daniel P. Carpenter; title: Reconstituting the Submerged State : The Challenge of Social Policy Reform in the Obama Era / Suzanne Metter; title: pt. 3. Structural Crossroads : Political Economy and Racial Orders; title: Situating Obama's Response to the Crisis : Finance, Regulation, and the American State / Leo Panitch; title: Barack Obama's Election and America's Racial Orders / Rogers M. Smith and Desmond S King; title: pt. 4. Obama's Critical Juncture; title: American Renewal and the Politics of the New Middle America / E.J. Dionne Jr.; title: Barack Obama and the Angry Left : The Fight for Progressive Realism / Lawrence R. Jacobs.