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ID105367
Title ProperChange we can believe in
Other Title InformationBarack Obama, race and the 2008 US presidential election
LanguageENG
AuthorVerney, Kevern
Publication2011.
Summary / Abstract (Note)This article addresses two questions. It begins by comparing the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination contest with the 1980s campaigns of Jesse Jackson. It examines the different background and personalities of Obama and Jackson, together with an analysis of what has changed in US political life in the intervening decades, in an attempt to understand why Obama succeeded where the earlier Jackson campaigns failed. The second part of the article analyses the subsequent general election with a view to determining whether Obama's defeat of John McCain should be seen as a result of a unique set of political circumstances, or evidence of the increasing irrelevance of race in US electoral politics. In particular, this discussion assesses the validity of the claims made by some commentators that Obama's victory marks the beginning of a new 'post-racial' era in American political life.
`In' analytical NoteInternational Politics Vol. 48, No. 2-3; Mar-May 2011: p344-363
Journal SourceInternational Politics Vol. 48, No. 2-3; Mar-May 2011: p344-363
Key WordsObama ;  John McCain ;  Jesse Jackson ;  Rrace ;  US Electoral Politics