The presidential campaign of Barack Obama : a critical analysis of a racially transcendent strategy / Dewey M. Clayton.

In the early twenty-first century, race still occupies a dominant role i American politics. Despite this truism, presidential candidate Barack Obama was uniquely posed to transcend both race and party was the first African American to have a realistic chance of winning the presidency. Previous conte...

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Main Author: Clayton, Dewey M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. The historical nature of African Americans running for political office, coalition politics, and Obama's winning coalition
  • pt. 2. The dynamics of the campaign process.