The audacity of hope : thoughts on reclaiming the American dream /
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Crown Publishers, c2006.Edition: 1st edDescription: 375 p. ; 25 cmISBN:- 0307237699
- Obama, Barack
- Obama, Barack -- Philosophy
- United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography
- Legislators -- United States -- Biography
- African American legislators -- Biography
- National characteristics, American
- Ideals (Philosophy)
- United States -- Politics and government -- Philosophy
- United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-
- 973/.04960730092 B 22
- E901.1.O23 A3 2006
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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NF | Chamberlin Free Public Library | Nonfiction | 973.04 OBA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34517000258676 |
Includes index.
Republicans and Democrats -- Values -- Our Constitution -- Politics -- Opportunity -- Faith -- Race -- The world beyond our borders -- Family.
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.
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