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AuthorObama, Barack.TitleThe audacity of hope : thoughts on reclaiming the American dream / Barack Obama.Edition1st ed.
PublishedNew York : Crown Publishers, c2006.FormatBook
Biography, Autobiography
Description375 p. ; 25 cm.

LinkTable of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0620/2006028967.html
Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0701/2006028967-b.html
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0701/2006028967-d.html
Sample text http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2006028967-s.html
Gen. noteIncludes index.
ContentsPrologue -- Republicans and Democrats -- Values -- Our Constitution -- Politics -- Opportunity -- Faith -- Race -- The world beyond our borders -- Family -- Epilogue.
AbstractSenator Obama calls for a different brand of politics--a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the "endless clash of armies" we see in Congress and on the campaign trail; a politics rooted in the faith, inclusiveness, and nobility of spirit at the heart of our democracy. He explores those forces--from the fear of losing, to the perpetual need to raise money, to the power of the media--that can stifle even the best-intentioned politician. He examines the growing economic insecurity of American families, the racial and religious tensions within the body politic, and the transnational threats--from terrorism to pandemic--that gather beyond our shores. And he grapples with the role that faith plays in a democracy. Only by returning to the principles that gave birth to our Constitution, he says, can Americans repair a broken political process, and restore to working order a government dangerously out of touch with millions of ordinary Americans.--From publisher description.
ISBN03072376999780307237699Per.Sub.Obama, Barack.
Obama, Barack -- Philosophy.
Cor.Sub.United States. Congress. Senate -- Biography.
SubjectLegislators -- United States -- Biography.
African American legislators -- Biography.
National characteristics, American.
Ideals (Philosophy)
United States -- Politics and government -- Philosophy.
United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-.

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