Race and the Obama Administration by Andra Gillespie

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Race and the Obama Administration by Andra Gillespie

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Zusammenfassung

Did African Americans benefit from the election of Barack Obama? This book explores Obama's successes and failures on race policies by comparing his record to those of previous presidents, and explains why black support of Obama remained strong throughout his presidency. -- .

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Race and the Obama Administration by Andra Gillespie

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. -- .

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Andra Gillespie is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Emory University
SKU Nicht verfügbar
ISBN 13 9781526105028
ISBN 10 1526105020
Titel Race and the Obama Administration
Autor Andra Gillespie
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Manchester University Press
Erscheinungsjahr 2019-01-14
Seitenanzahl 256
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