1. Bush, Obama and the reemergence of an old question -- 2. State and society in America -- 3. Religion and American society -- 4. America's role in the world -- 5. Constitutional exceptionalism -- 6. The American dream -- 7. Still exceptional, but does it matter?
Summary
The election of President Obama in 2008 and the apparent decline of American power in the world has rekindled an old and important debate. Is the United States exceptional in its values and institutions, as well as in the role that it is destined to play in world affairs?In this book, Stephen Brooks argues that American exceptionalism has been and continues to be real. In making this argument he focuses on five aspects of American politics and society that are most crucial to an understanding of American exceptionalism today. They include the appropriate relationship between the stat
