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Throughout their time in office, American presidents are often forced to choose between leading the nation and leading their party. In an earlier time when the major parties were less polarized, this leadership dilemma, while challenging, was not nearly as vexing as it is today. American presidents now find themselves with little room to maneuver, compelled to serve the Constitution on the one hand and yet caught within bitter partisan disputes and large numbers of unaffiliated voters on the other. The contributors to this volume investigate how recent presidents have navigated these increasingly rocky political waters. Focusing on campaign strategy, presidential rhetoric, relations with Congress, domestic and foreign policy, The Presidential Leadership Dilemma presents a wide-ranging, detailed, and fascinating study of how contemporary presidents face the challenge at the heart of every presidency.

Presidents --- Political leadership --- Leadership --- Presidency --- Heads of state --- Executive power --- History --- United States --- 20th century --- 21st century --- Clinton, William J. --- Political and social views --- Bush, George Walker, 1946 --- -Political and social views --- Obama, Barack, 1961

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Barack Obama, in his acclaimed campaign speech discussing the troubling complexities of race in America today, "ed William Faulkner's famous remark "The past isn't dead and buried. In fact, it isn't even past." In Not Even Past, award-winning historian Thomas Sugrue examines the paradox of race in Obama's America and how President Obama intends to deal with it. Obama's journey to the White House undoubtedly marks a watershed in the history of race in America. Yet even in what is being hailed as the post-civil rights era, racial divisions--particularly between blacks and whites--remain deeply entrenched in American life. Sugrue traces Obama's evolving understanding of race and racial inequality throughout his career, from his early days as a community organizer in Chicago, to his time as an attorney and scholar, to his spectacular rise to power as a charismatic and savvy politician, to his dramatic presidential campaign. Sugrue looks at Obama's place in the contested history of the civil rights struggle; his views about the root causes of black poverty in America; and the incredible challenges confronting his historic presidency. Does Obama's presidency signal the end of race in American life? In Not Even Past, a leading historian of civil rights, race, and urban America offers a revealing and unflinchingly honest assessment of the culture and politics of race in the age of Obama, and of our prospects for a postracial America.

Political culture --- Social classes --- Racism --- African Americans --- Presidents --- Class distinction --- Classes, Social --- Rank --- Caste --- Estates (Social orders) --- Social status --- Class consciousness --- Classism --- Social stratification --- Negritude --- Political aspects --- Civil rights. --- Race identity. --- Ethnic identity --- Obama, Barack --- Obama, Barack. --- Political and social views. --- United States --- Race relations --- Political aspects. --- Race identity --- Civil rights --- Obama, Barack, 1961 --- -Obama, Barack, 1961 --- -Political and social views --- Biography --- African Americans - Race identity --- Presidents - United States - Biography --- African Americans - Biography --- African Americans - Civil rights --- Racism - Political aspects - United States --- Social classes - Political aspects - United States --- Political culture - United States --- United States - Race relations - Political aspects --- -Political culture

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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS --- Accounting / Governmental --- Political campaigns --- Presidential candidates --- Government accountability --- Government - U.S. --- Law, Politics & Government --- Political Rights - U.S. --- Accountability in government --- Public administration --- Responsibility --- Candidates for president --- Nominees for president --- Presidential nominees --- Political candidates --- Presidents --- Election --- United States --- Clinton, William J. --- Bush, George Walker, 1946 --- -Obama, Barack, 1961 --- -Political campaigns

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Studies of Identity in the 2008 Presidential Campaign explores issues of identity politics and the presidential election. Investigating all aspects of race, gender or ageism, the contributors to this volume address the role and function of 'identity politics' in political campaigns, and highlight challenges of 'identity politics' in contemporary political campaigns.

Presidents --- Gender identity --- African Americans --- Evangelicalism --- Christianity and politics --- Afro-Americans --- Black Americans --- Colored people (United States) --- Negroes --- Africans --- Ethnology --- Blacks --- Sex identity (Gender identity) --- Sexual identity (Gender identity) --- Identity (Psychology) --- Sex (Psychology) --- Queer theory --- Election --- Political aspects --- Race identity --- Political aspects. --- United States --- 2008 --- Obama, Barack, 1961 --- -Clinton, Hillary Rodham --- Palin, Sarah --- Nationale veiligheid --- Verenigde Staten --- Black people --- Gender dysphoria

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This volume provides the first in-depth examination of the impact of the key sociological issues faced by the new Obama Administration and explores conventional topics on race and ethnic relations as well as delves into new areas of intellectual inquiry regarding the changing scope of race relations in a global context. Leading scholars look at: African/American relations through the prism of American and African scholars; the connection between religion, Obama the individual and Obama the President; how the Obama election and presidency have implications for gender identity and sexual politics in the short and long term; the impact the Obama family and their presence in the White House have on existing ideas about the concept of family and related issues; implications for class relations in the United States; specific aspects of the American educational system; social justice issues with an emphasis on understanding their sociological context in relationship to the Obama Administration; and American involvement in the Iraq and Afghanistan War. In addition, the volume examines the 2008 Presidential Election, with emphasis on Obamas road to success.

Ethnology --- Study and teaching. --- United States --- Race relations. --- Ethnic relations. --- Ethnic studies --- Race question --- Obama, Barack, 1961 --- -Influence --- African Americans --- Politics and government --- 21st century --- Race relations --- 2009-2017 --- Obama, Michelle, 1964 --- -Presidents --- Election --- 2008 --- Social justice --- Social Science --- Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies. --- Ethnic studies. --- Ethnic Studies --- African American Studies. --- General. --- Discrimination & Race Relations. --- Integration, Racial --- Race problems --- Relations, Race --- Social problems --- Sociology --- Ethnic relations --- Minorities --- Racism --- -Race relations.