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ID105354
Title ProperAmerican power and identities in the age of Obama
LanguageENG
AuthorParmar, Inderjeet
Publication2011.
Summary / Abstract (Note)Although the election of Barack Obama to the US presidency represents a landmark event in the history of that country, questions remain over its broader political significance. What is the likelihood of Obama's foreign and national security policies differing fundamentally from those of the Bush administrations? Does Obama's election signal a 'post-racial' phase in American national life? What are the factors that suggest opportunities to change and expand American identities as opposed to those that limit Obama's sphere of action? This article introduces the special issue and suggests that although Obama's room for manoeuvre is limited by legacies inherited from the Bush administration, Obama's own appointments to high office as well as other actions, despite the availability of alternative courses, indicate that he is not the transformational president he claimed to be. American identities, therefore, are deeply embedded and remain heavily imbued with racial, religious and imperial features.
`In' analytical NoteInternational Politics Vol. 48, No. 2-3; Mar-May 153-163
Journal SourceInternational Politics Vol. 48, No. 2-3; Mar-May 153-163
Key WordsObama ;  National Security Strategy ;  American Identities ;  America