Barack Obama and Twenty-First-Century Politics: A Revolutionary Moment in the USA

by Horace Campbell

Barack Obama has been called a transformative and transcendental figure, this book shows us just how significant the movement behind him was for the politics of the United States.

Horace Campbell examines the networks that made the electoral victory possible and discusses the importance of self-organization and self-emancipation in politics. Situated in the context of the agency of new social forces galvanised in the 2008 electoral season,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0745330061
• ISBN13: 9780745330068
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.4"