The performance of politics : Obama's victory and the democratic struggle for power / Jeffrey C. Ale...
The performance of politics : Obama's victory and the democratic struggle for power / Jeffrey C. Ale...
The performance of politics : Obama's victory and the democratic struggle for power / Jeffrey C. Alexander.
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New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Date
2010.
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N324.973/51
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English
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xiv, 364 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
Power, performance, and representation -- Civil sphere and public drama -- Becoming a collective representation -- Spirit of the ground game -- Heroes, binaries, and boundaries -- Imagining heroes -- Working the binaries -- Walking the boundaries -- Victory and defeat -- Celebrity metaphor -- Palin...
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New York : Oxford University Press, 2010.
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New York (State)
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2010.
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Observers of politics in America often reduce democracy to demography. Whatever portion of the vote not explained by the class, gender, race, and religion of voters is attributed to the candidates' positions. But are these really the only--or even the main--factors? Sociologist Jeffrey Alexander explains what happened, and why, during the 2008 pres...
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The performance of politics : Obama's victory and the democratic struggle for power / Jeffrey C. Alexander.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N324.973/51
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74VvDV7MzJMg
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0199744467 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780199744466 (hardback : alk. paper)
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324.9730931
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991004937409702626
