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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Online Access: Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author: Brooks, Stephen, 1956-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2012.
Series:Routledge research in American politics and governance ; 4.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Bush, Obama and the reemergence of an old question
  • 2. State and society in America
  • 3. Religion and American society
  • 4. America's role in the world
  • 5. Constitutional exceptionalism
  • 6. The American dream
  • 7. Still exceptional, but does it matter?