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Informationen zum Autor Mary L. Rucker is professor of communication at Wright State University. She is the division chair of the Communication Studies degree program. Rucker teaches organizational communication courses and research methods and conducts research in the areas of political communication and ideology, intercultural communication, and race, class, and gender. She has published widely in communication and interdisciplinary journals at the national and international levels. Klappentext The scope and theme of this book are political, polemical, sociological, and ideological. The book lays a historical foundation to explain the reason Obama has not had a successful political relationship with Congressional Republicans. The author relies on systemic racism to explain Obama's political saga with the Congressional Republicans. In spite of the GOP's obstructionist tactics, Obama still goes on to win re-election. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of TablesForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter 1: Battling History: Obama, Systemic Racism, and ColorismChapter 2: The Obama Presidency: A Backlash of Racism and Conservative RadicalismChapter 3: The Media: Transmitters of Eliminationist and Racialized RhetoricChapter 4: American Exceptionalism: Roots, Racism, and ObamaChapter 5: The Re-Election of Barack Obama: "The People Spoke"BibliographyIndexAbout the Author

Product details

• Authors: Rucker, Mary L. Rucker, Rucker Mary L.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2015
• EAN: 9781498515429
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-1542-9
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, HISTORY / United States / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch, Political leaders & leadership, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Political leaders and leadership, Constitution: government & the state, Political parties and party platforms, Constitution: government and the state, American exceptionlism;GOP;hegemony;Obama;race;rhetoric