The Audacity of Hope
Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
New York : Crown Publishers, [2006]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 375 pages ; 25 cm
Senator Obama calls for a different brand of politics--a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the "endless clash of armies" we see in Congress and on the campaign trail; a politics rooted in the faith, inclusiveness, and nobility of spirit at the heart of our democracy. He explores those forces--from the fear of losing, to the perpetual need to raise money, to the power of the media--that can stifle even the best-intentioned politician. He examines the growing economic insecurity of American families, the racial and religious tensions within the body politic, and the transnational threats--from terrorism to pandemic--that gather beyond our shores. And he grapples with the role that faith plays in a democracy. Only by returning to the principles that gave birth to our Constitution, he says, can Americans repair a broken political process, and restore to working order a government dangerously out of touch with millions of ordinary Americans.--From publisher description.
Contents:
Republicans and Democrats -- Values -- Our Constitution -- Politics -- Opportunity -- Faith -- Race -- The world beyond our borders -- Family.
Subjects:
Obama, Barack.
Obama, Barack -- Philosophy.
United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography.
Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
African American legislators -- Biography.
National characteristics, American.
Ideals (Philosophy)
National characteristics, American -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- Politics and government -- Philosophy.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009.
Obama, Barack.
Obama, Barack -- Philosophy.
United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography.
Legislators -- United States -- Biography.
African American legislators -- Biography.
National characteristics, American.
Ideals (Philosophy)
National characteristics, American -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- Politics and government -- Philosophy.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009.
ISBN:
0307237699
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BIOGRAPHY Obama, Barack | Northeast Indoors | Biography | In |
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