The audacity of hope thoughts on reclaiming the America dream Barack Obama
Material type: TextPublication details: New York Random House 2006Edition: large print edDescription: x, 594 p. [trade pbk] 24 cmISBN:- 9780739326657
- 0739326651
- Obama, Barack
- 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-
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BOOK | Meaford Public Library Non-Fiction | Non-fiction | LP 973 .92 Obama (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 95070 |
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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