Barack Obama

Political Frontiers and Racial Agency
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4522-1670-6
Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc.

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 399 g

Mazama and Asante explore the Obama era—the confluence of the political, technological, social, economic, and religious dimensions of Obama's campaign, election, and presidency.

Culled from hundreds of articles in journals across the social sciences—in political science, sociology, African American studies, and communication--this illuminating collection deals with the complexities of the Obama phenomenon from critical research perspective, marking the era as a transformation brought about by a transitional leader. Part introductions offer needed framing and context to facilitate debate and discussion.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mazama, Ama

Asante, Molefi Kete

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politik: Sachbuch, Politikerveröffentlichungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Soziologie und Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Politische Führung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The Barack Obama Phenomenon: Politics, Symbol, and Reality - Ama Mazama and Molefi Kete Asante
PART ONE: SEE HOW BARACK OBAMA RAN: THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE PRESIDENCY
Deracializing Obama: White Voters and the 2004 Illinois U.S. Senate Race - David. J. Andersen and Jane Junn
Southern Strategy 2.0: Conservatives, White Voters, and the Election of Barack Obama - Thomas Edge
Turning Out the Center: Racial Politics and African Agency in the Obama Era - Phillip S. Howard

An Immigrant's Dream and the Audacity of Hope: The 2004 Convention Addresses of Barack Obama and Arnold Schwarzenegger - Babak Elahi and Grant Cos Part
PART TWO: THE ICONIC OBAMA: CONTROLLING THE IDENTITY OF A PRESIDENT
Obama’s Political Philosophy: Pragmatism, Politics, and the University of Chicago - Bart Schultz
Barack Obama and the Politics of Blackness - Ron Walters
Barack Obama’s Faustian Bargain and the Fight for America’s Racial Soul - Christopher J. Metzler

PART THREE: THE LESSONS OF THE OBAMA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Facing Barack Hussein Obama: Race, Globalization, and Transnational America - Radhika Parameswaran

The Audacity of Hope - Dewey Clayton
Obama and the White Vote - Todd Donovan Part
PART FOUR: THE LIMITS OF GOVERNANCE IN OBAMA’S ADMINISTRATION
Obama: The New Contours of Power - Jerry Harris and Carl Davidson
Barack Obama and the Dilemma of Power: An Africological Observation - Molefi Kete Asante

Obama’s Whiteness - Shawn Michelle Smith

Perceptions of Leadership and the Challenge of Obama’s Blackness - Charlton D. McIlwain
Barack Obama and the Politics of Race: The Myth of Postracism in America - Martell Teasley and David Ikard
The Reality of American Life Has Strayed From its Myths: Barack Obama’s The Audacity of Hope and the Discourse of the American Reclamation Jeremiad - Willie J. Harrell, Jr.

Über Autor(innen)

Asante, Molefi Kete
Molefi Asante is a distinguished scholar and is best known for creating the discipline of Black Studies over 25 years ago. He is the Editor for the Journal of Black Studies (Sage) and the Encyclopedia of Black Studies (Sage Reference, 12/04 933 units, $82k LTD). His recent research has centered on the history and present developments of African religions.

Mazama, Ama
Mazama is an Associate Professor of African American Studies with a Ph.D. from the Sorbonne, five books and more than fifty articles. She is the co-editor o the Encyclopedia of Black Studies. Her forthcoming book will be on the Vodun religion in Haiti.