Barack Obama's America : how new conceptions of race, family, and religion ended the Reagan era /
White, John Kenneth,
Barack Obama's America : how new conceptions of race, family, and religion ended the Reagan era / How new conceptions of race, family, and religion ended the Reagan era John Kenneth White. - 1 online resource. - Contemporary political and social issues . - Contemporary political and social issues. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: The Politics of Discomfort -- One: One Family, Two Centuries -- Two: Twenty-first-Century Faces -- Three: Redefining Relationships -- Four: The Gay-Rights Paradox -- Five: Shrunken Congregations, Soulful Citizens -- Six: The Death of the Reagan Coalition -- Seven: Barack Obama's America.
"The election of Barack Obama to the presidency marks a conclusive end to the Reagan era, writes John Kenneth White in Barack Obama's America. Reagan symbolized a 1950s and 1960s America, largely white and suburban, with married couples and kids at home, who attended church more often than not. Obama's election marks a new era, the author writes. Whites will be a minority by 2042. Marriage is at an all-time low. Cohabitation has increased from a half-million couples in 1960 to more than 5 million in 2000 to even more this year. Gay marriages and civil unions are redefining what it means to be a family. And organized religions are suffering, even as Americans continue to think of themselves as a religious people. Obama's inauguration was a defining moment in the political destiny of this country, based largely on demographic shifts, as described in Barack Obama's America."--Publisher's description
0472021796 9780472021796 9780472900909 0472900900 0472114506 9780472114504 1282422928 9781282422926
10.3998/mpub.17422
D1A678C7-20D3-4411-BAC8-7FDB685A4F93 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com 22573/ctt1djbw10 JSTOR 22573/ctt227996r JSTOR 100894 Knowledge Unlatched
2020707364
Obama, Barack.
Reagan, Ronald.
Reagan, Ronald.
Obama, Barack.
Obama, Barack.
Reagan, Ronald.
Obama, Barack.
Reagan, Ronald.
Since 1980
Coalitions--History.--United States
Families--History.--United States
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS--Alternative Family.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS--Reference.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology of Religion.
Coalitions.
Families.
Social conditions.
Soziokultureller Wandel
United States--Social conditions--1980-2020.
United States.
USA.
Sociology. barack obama.
Electronic books.
History.
HQ535
306.8509730905
Barack Obama's America : how new conceptions of race, family, and religion ended the Reagan era / How new conceptions of race, family, and religion ended the Reagan era John Kenneth White. - 1 online resource. - Contemporary political and social issues . - Contemporary political and social issues. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: The Politics of Discomfort -- One: One Family, Two Centuries -- Two: Twenty-first-Century Faces -- Three: Redefining Relationships -- Four: The Gay-Rights Paradox -- Five: Shrunken Congregations, Soulful Citizens -- Six: The Death of the Reagan Coalition -- Seven: Barack Obama's America.
"The election of Barack Obama to the presidency marks a conclusive end to the Reagan era, writes John Kenneth White in Barack Obama's America. Reagan symbolized a 1950s and 1960s America, largely white and suburban, with married couples and kids at home, who attended church more often than not. Obama's election marks a new era, the author writes. Whites will be a minority by 2042. Marriage is at an all-time low. Cohabitation has increased from a half-million couples in 1960 to more than 5 million in 2000 to even more this year. Gay marriages and civil unions are redefining what it means to be a family. And organized religions are suffering, even as Americans continue to think of themselves as a religious people. Obama's inauguration was a defining moment in the political destiny of this country, based largely on demographic shifts, as described in Barack Obama's America."--Publisher's description
0472021796 9780472021796 9780472900909 0472900900 0472114506 9780472114504 1282422928 9781282422926
10.3998/mpub.17422
D1A678C7-20D3-4411-BAC8-7FDB685A4F93 OverDrive, Inc. http://www.overdrive.com 22573/ctt1djbw10 JSTOR 22573/ctt227996r JSTOR 100894 Knowledge Unlatched
2020707364
Obama, Barack.
Reagan, Ronald.
Reagan, Ronald.
Obama, Barack.
Obama, Barack.
Reagan, Ronald.
Obama, Barack.
Reagan, Ronald.
Since 1980
Coalitions--History.--United States
Families--History.--United States
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS--Alternative Family.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS--Reference.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Sociology of Religion.
Coalitions.
Families.
Social conditions.
Soziokultureller Wandel
United States--Social conditions--1980-2020.
United States.
USA.
Sociology. barack obama.
Electronic books.
History.
HQ535
306.8509730905