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Jeffrey C. Alexander

The Performance of Politics

Obama's Victory and the Democratic Struggle for Power

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Contemporary observers of politics in America often reduce democracy to demography. Whatever portion of the vote not explained by the class, gender, race, and religious differences of voters is attributed to the candidates' positions on the issues of the day. But are these the only--or even the main--factors that determine the vote?The Performance of Politics develops a new way of looking at democratic struggles for power, explaining what happened, and why, during the 2008 presidential campaign in the United States. Drawing on vivid examples taken from a range of media coverage, participant observation at a Camp Obama, and interviews with lea… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-19-978135-5
  • EAN: 9780199781355
  • Produktnummer: 13962656
  • Verlag: Oxford University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
  • Plattform: PDF
  • Masse: 2'752 KB
  • Abbildungen: 12 b/w illus., 2 b/w halftones

Über den Autor


Jeffrey C. Alexander is Lillian Chavenson Saden Professor of Sociology at Yale University, and a Director of the Center for Cultural Sociology. He is also the author or editor of numerous books, including The Civil Sphere (OUP 2006) and The Meanings of Social Life (OUP 2003).

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