Barack Obama, the New Face of America - (Women and Minorities in Politics) by Martin Dupuis & Keith Boeckelman (Paperback)

About the Book

The roots of President Obama's politics and presidential campaign strategy are traced in this up-to-the-minute political biography. The work chronicles his career from his successful run in 1996 to represent Chicago's South Side in the Illinois Senate to his failed challenge in 2000 to the South Side's incumbent in the U.S. House to this partial term as the junior U.S. senator from Illinois beginning in 2004 and finally to his landslide election to the U.S. presidency in 2008. Dupuis and Boeckelman analyze in illuminating detail the critical ways in which the political calculus so brilliantly deployed in Obama's 2007-2008 national campaign was shaped by the lessons he learned from the successes and failures of his previous local and statewide campaigns. This paperback edition is updated and enhanced with post-election analysis, appendices, and photos.

Book Synopsis

The roots of President Obama's politics and presidential campaign strategy are traced in this up-to-the-minute political biography. The work chronicles his career from his successful run in 1996 to represent Chicago's South Side in the Illinois Senate to his failed challenge in 2000 to the South Side's incumbent in the U.S. House to this partial term as the junior U.S. senator from Illinois beginning in 2004 and finally to his landslide election to the U.S. presidency in 2008. Dupuis and Boeckelman analyze in illuminating detail the critical ways in which the political calculus so brilliantly deployed in Obama's 2007-2008 national campaign was shaped by the lessons he learned from the successes and failures of his previous local and statewide campaigns. This paperback edition is updated and enhanced with post-election analysis, appendices, and photos.

Review Quotes

"". . . offers an insightful account and analysis of Obama's meteoric rise and unprecedented mass appeal to the American people. . . . Recommended ..."

Review based on Barack Obama, the New Face of American Politics, 2007, hardcover edition." --MultiCultural Review

""Dupuis and Boeckelman show how Obama's stirring speech . . . and charismatic style have put him in the national spotlight."

Review based on Barack Obama, the New Face of American Politics, 2007, hardcover edition." --Library Journal

""Clearly set out and methodically sourced. . . . The many quotes and statistics are well synthesized."

Review based on Barack Obama, the New Face of American Politics, 2007, hardcover edition." --VOYA

About the Author

Martin Dupuis is assistant dean of the Burnett Honors College and associate professor of political science at the University of Central Florida.

Keith Boeckelman is professor of political science at Western Illinois University and Research Fellow at the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs.