The Audacity of Hope

By Claudia Casanova, Barack Obama, Esther Roig Giménez, Erwin Dorado

Subjects: United States Senate, Zi zhuan, United States Congress, Parlementaires, Biography, Presidents, Politics and government, Wertorientierung, Politique, Gouvernement, Legislators, united states, African americans, biography, Politieke kwesties, National characteristics, american, Biographies, Pensée politique et sociale, États-Unis. Congress. Senate, Rêve américain, Ideal, American dream, Large type books, Société, Politique et gouvernement, Obama, barack, 1961-, United States. Congress. Senate, Idéaux (Philosophie), United states, congress, senate, biography, Legislators, Parlementaires noirs américains, Présidents, Filosofi, American National characteristics, Parti démocrate (États-Unis), United states, politics and government, 2001-2009, United States, Politisk verksamhet, Barack, New York Times reviewed, États-Unis, Candidats à la présidence, Afro-amerikaner, Economic conditions, Politik, Wert, African American legislators, Senator, Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer, Américains, Racially mixed people, Élection (2008), Economic history, Social conditions, Politisches Denken, Politiker, Politik och förvaltning, Ideals (Philosophy), Zheng zhi ren wu, Autobiographie, Parti democrate, Philosophie, Philosophy, Political and social views, Ethnische Beziehungen

Description: Senator 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.