The Change I Believe In: Fighting For Progress In The Age Of Obama

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Synopsis
On the night of the 2008 presidential election, Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel spoke for many: For the first time in decades, electoral politics became a vehicle for raising expectations and spreading hope. But, she cautioned, We progressives need to be as clear-eyed, tough, and pragmatic about Obama as he is about us. Where I Stand collects vanden Heuvels commentaries and columns from the first years of the Obama administration, an era that has come to be defined by reform and reaction. In the wake of the economic crisis and challenges from the insurgent Tea Party movement, it is clear that it will take more than one election (and one person) to reshape American politics and repair the damage wreaked by a decade of calamitous conservative rule. Vanden Heuvel challenges the limits of our downsized political debate, arguing that timid incrementalism and the forces of money and establishment power that debilitate American politics will be overcome only by independent organizing, strategic creativity, bold ideas, and determined idealism.
Copyright:
2011

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
400 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781568586953
Publisher:
Nation Books
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Katrina vanden Heuvel
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Military, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Business and Finance, Politics and Government, Sociology
Grade Levels:
Eighth grade
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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