American exceptionalism in the age of Obama / Stephen Brooks.
The election of President Obama in 2008 and the apparent decline of American power in the world has rekindled an old and important debate. Is the United States exceptional in its values and institutions, as well as in the role that it is destined to play in world affairs?In this book, Stephen Brooks...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Routledge,
2012.
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| Series: | Routledge research in American politics and governance ;
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | The election of President Obama in 2008 and the apparent decline of American power in the world has rekindled an old and important debate. Is the United States exceptional in its values and institutions, as well as in the role that it is destined to play in world affairs?In this book, Stephen Brooks argues that American exceptionalism has been and continues to be real. In making this argument he focuses on five aspects of American politics and society that are most crucial to an understanding of American exceptionalism today. They include the appropriate relationship between the stat. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780415636414 0415636418 9781283871662 1283871661 1136196234 9781136196232 9780203085165 0203085167 |