The performance of politics : Obama's victory and the democratic struggle for power /

Jeffrey Alexander, a preeminent figure in social theory, offers here a new way of looking at democratic struggles for political power, discussing what happened, and why, during Barack Obama's remarkable run for president. Illustrated with vivid examples drawn from a range of media coverage, par...

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1. Verfasser:
Alexander, Jeffrey C.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Zusammenfassung:
Jeffrey Alexander, a preeminent figure in social theory, offers here a new way of looking at democratic struggles for political power, discussing what happened, and why, during Barack Obama's remarkable run for president. Illustrated with vivid examples drawn from a range of media coverage, participant observation at a Camp Obama, and interviews with leading political journalists, Alexander argues that images, emotion, and performance are the central features of the battle for power. Winning depends on creating images so that candidates can become heroes. Demography, strategy, money, and issue
Umfang:
1 online resource (364 pages)
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Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:
0-19-978002-1
0-19-992643-3
0-19-978135-4
Schlagworte:
Obama, Barack.
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