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Obama and America's Political Future / Theda Skocpol.

Skocpol, Theda, author.; Bartels, Larry M., contributor.; Edwards, Mickey, contributor.; Mettler, Suzanne, contributor.; Skocpol, Theda, contributor.
2012
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Title
Obama and America's Political Future / Theda Skocpol.
Author
Skocpol, Theda, author.
ISBN
9780674067943
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674067943
Published
Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, [2012]
Copyright
©2012
Language
English
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In English.
Description
1 online resource (216 p.)
Item Number
10.4159/harvard.9780674067943 doi
Dewey Decimal Classification
973.932 OCoLC
Summary
Barack Obama's galvanizing victory in 2008, coming amid the greatest economic crisis since the 1930s, opened the door to major reforms. But the president quickly faced skepticism from supporters and fierce opposition from Republicans, who scored sweeping wins in the 2010 midterm election. Here, noted political scientist Theda Skocpol surveys the political landscape and explores its most consequential questions: What happened to Obama's "new New Deal"? Why have his achievements enraged opponents more than they have satisfied supporters? How has the Tea Party's ascendance reshaped American politics? Skocpol's compelling account rises above conventional wisdom and overwrought rhetoric. The Obama administration's response to the recession produced bold initiatives-health care reform, changes in college loans, financial regulation-that promise security and opportunity. But these reforms are complex and will take years to implement. Potential beneficiaries do not readily understand them, yet the reforms alarm powerful interests and political enemies, creating the volatile mix of confusion and fear from which Tea Party forces erupted. Skocpol dissects the popular and elite components of the Tea Party reaction that has boosted the Republican Party while pushing it far to the right at a critical juncture for U.S. politics and governance. Skocpol's analysis is accompanied by contributions from two fellow scholars and a former congressman. At this moment of economic uncertainty and extreme polarization, as voters prepare to render another verdict on Obama's historic presidency, Skocpol and her respondents help us to understand its triumphs and setbacks and see where we might be headed next.
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 18. Sep 2023)
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Bartels, Larry M., contributor.
Edwards, Mickey, contributor.
Mettler, Suzanne, contributor.
Skocpol, Theda, contributor.
Series
Alexis de Tocqueville lectures on American politics : 40
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print 9780674065970
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Foreword
1. OBAMA'S NEW DEAL, TEA PARTY REACTION, AND AMERICA'S POLITICAL FUTURE
2. A NEW DEAL FANTASY MEETS OLD POLITICAL REALITIES
3. OBAMA'S PROBLEM: MISREADING THE MANDATE
4. OBAMA AND THE CHALLENGE OF SUBMERGED POLICIES
5. MAKING SENSE OF AMERICA'S PO LITICAL MAELSTROM
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