Agrégation anglais - The Obama Presidency (2009-2017) - E-book - PDF

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The election of the first African-American president raised enormous expectations. As a candidate, Barack Obama embodied and campaigned on the idea of... Lire la suite
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Résumé

The election of the first African-American president raised enormous expectations. As a candidate, Barack Obama embodied and campaigned on the idea of "Hope" and "Change". Most presidents usually fall short of their lofty campaign promises. Yet, because Obama's promises were loftier than most, the gap between the campaign's rhetoric and the drab reality of leading the US administration appeared more stark.
Barack Obama came to power at a time when polarization within elected officials, the electorate and society at large was growing. Despite the balm of his rhetoric of unity and his efforts to appeal to Republicans, his presidency seemed to supercharge this dynamic. To a large portion of conservatives, he was an illegitimate dictator determined to destroy the American way of life and a weak commander in chief who surrendered US supremacy on the world stage.
To many Democrats, he was the symbol of America's forward stride in race relations, a brilliant orator with a steady hand at the helm that took the country out of the depth of the Great Recession and the quagmire of Iraq, while finally providing every American with health insurance, making it possible for same-sex couples to get married and ridding the world of Bin Laden. Obviously, both visions cannot be true.
Fortunately, the study of his presidency offers a way out of the trap of hagiographies and negative pamphlets to look at the power of his office and the limits that he faced.

Caractéristiques

  • Date de parution
    23/12/2019
  • Editeur
  • Collection
  • ISBN
    979-10-358-0884-6
  • EAN
    9791035808846
  • Format
    PDF
  • Nb. de pages
    182 pages
  • Caractéristiques du format PDF
    • Pages
      182
    • Taille
      3 226 Ko
    • Protection num.
      Contenu protégé
    • Transferts max.
      6 copie(s) autorisée(s)
    • Imprimable
      Non Autorisé
    • Copier coller
      Non Autorisé

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Biographie d'Alix Meyer

Alix Meyer, Mai^tre de confe?rences a` l'universite? de Bourgogne-Franche-Comte? et membre du Centre interlangues - Texte, image, langage (EA 4182). Diplo^me? de Sciences-Po Lyon, docteur en civilisation ame?ricaine de l'universite? Lyon 2, agre?ge? d'anglais et ancien boursier de la commission Fulbright. Sa recherche porte sur la politique américaine contemporaine, l'État providence, les questions fiscales et les interactions entre le pouvoir présidentiel et le Congrès.

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