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American Exceptionalism in the Age of Obama (Hardcover, New)
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American Exceptionalism in the Age of Obama (Hardcover, New)
Series: Routledge Research in American Politics and Governance
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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 state and citizens, religion, socio-economic mobility,
America's role in the world, and ideas about the Constitution.
American exceptionalism matters in domestic politics chiefly as a
political narrative around which support for and opposition to
certain policies, values and vision of American society coalesce.
But in world affairs it is not the story but the empirical reality
of American exceptionalism that matters. Although the long era of
America's global economic dominance has entered what might be
called a period of diminished expectations, the United States
remains exceptional-the indispensable nation-in world affairs and
is likely to remain so for many years to come.
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