Race and the Obama administration: Substance, symbols and hope
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| Rating | : | 4.22 (521 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1526105012 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 152 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Andra Gillespie is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, Emory University
About the AuthorAndra Gillespie is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, Emory University
It takes care to make distinctions between Obama's substantive and symbolic accomplishments and to explore the significance of both.. The election of Barack Obama marked a critical point in American political and social history. 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. 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 presid