| Description |
1 online resource (x, 196 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Obama at the Crossroads -- Varieties of Obamaism : Structure, Agency and the Obama Presidency / Lawrence R. Jacobs and Desmond S. King -- pt. 2. The Legislative Crossroads -- Finance Politics and Financial Reform in the Obama Administration / Daniel P. Carpenter -- Reconstituting the Submerged State : The Challenge of Social Policy Reform in the Obama Era / Suzanne Metter -- pt. 3. Structural Crossroads : Political Economy and Racial Orders -- Situating Obama's Response to the Crisis : Finance, Regulation, and the American State / Leo Panitch -- Barack Obama's Election and America's Racial Orders / Rogers M. Smith and Desmond S King -- pt. 4. Obama's Critical Juncture -- American Renewal and the Politics of the New Middle America / E.J. Dionne Jr. -- Barack Obama and the Angry Left : The Fight for Progressive Realism / Lawrence R. Jacobs. |
| Summary |
The 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 auto industry via a partial government takeover and expanded the Bush administration's incipient program for saving the banking sector by pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into it. Finally, the Obama administration dramatically increased our commitment in Afghanistan while simultaneously winding down our presence in Iraq. In Obama at the Crossroads, eminent political scientists Desmond King and Larry Jacobs have gathered some of the best scholars in American politics to take stock of this extraordinary period. Covering the financial crisis, health care reform, racial politics, foreign policy, the nature of Obama's leadership, and the relationship between the administration's agenda and broader progressive goals, this will serve as a comprehensive overview of the key issues facing the Obama administration as it entered office.-- Publisher description. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Obama, Barack -- Political and social views.
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Obama, Barack. |
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Political and social views. |
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Obama, Barack. |
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United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-
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United States. |
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Politics and government. |
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2009- |
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United States -- Economic policy -- 2009-
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Economic policy. |
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United States -- Social policy -- 1993-
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Social policy. |
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1993- |
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Financial crises -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
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Financial crises. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
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Health care reform -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
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Health care reform. |
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Race -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
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Race -- Political aspects. |
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Race. |
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United States -- Foreign relations -- 2009-
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International relations. |
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Political leadership -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
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Political leadership. |
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Progressivism (United States politics) -- History -- 21st century.
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Progressivism (United States politics) |
| Chronological Term |
Since 1993 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Jacobs, Lawrence R., editor.
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King, Desmond S., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Obama at the crossroads. New York City : Oxford University Press c2012 9780199845361 (DLC) 2011032009 (OCoLC)747099269 |
| ISBN |
9780199845378 (electronic book) |
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0199845379 (electronic book) |
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1280594160 |
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9781280594168 |
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9780199845361 |
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0199845360 |
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9780199845385 |
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0199845387 |
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