Judging Obama / Green Energy / Stalled Immigration Reform / Superpower Blues / Between a Rock and a Hard Place

The presidency of Barack Obama, the first African American president of the United States, is not going to be judged by its symbolic significance and healthcare reform alone. Sociologists, Ho-fung Hung, Fred Block, Alejandro Portes, Beverly J. Silver, and Richard Lachmann assess Obama's first t...

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Published in:Contexts (Berkeley, Calif.) Calif.), 2012-07, Vol.11 (3), p.14-21
Main Authors: Hung, Ho-Fung, Block, Fred, Portes, Alejandro, Silver, Beverly J, Lachmann, Richard
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Energy
Foreign Policy
Health Care Services
Health Care Services Policy
Immigration
Immigration Policy
Policy Reform
Presidents
Reform
Social Movements
Sociologists
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Summary:The presidency of Barack Obama, the first African American president of the United States, is not going to be judged by its symbolic significance and healthcare reform alone. Sociologists, Ho-fung Hung, Fred Block, Alejandro Portes, Beverly J. Silver, and Richard Lachmann assess Obama's first term from the perspectives of green economy, immigration reform, foreign policy, and social movements. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:1536-5042
DOI:10.1177/1536504212456176