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Obama: the new contours of power

DeVry University, Chicago

Carl Davidson

Global Studies Association of North America

Barack Obama's election as US president marks a historic cultural shift in US political life, and is a major victory for progressive forces. But what is the nature of the broad-based alliance that placed him in the White House, how was it forged and from what did it derive its strength? The global economic crisis has shockingly exposed the bankruptcy of hitherto dominant and unfettered neoliberalism and opened the way for setting a genuinely progressive social and economic agenda. This article analyses the challenges that face the new administration and the balance of progressive forces that could make a profound and lasting difference to US society.

Key Words: Apollo Alliance • BRICs • Civil Rights movement • global economic crisis • Iraq war • John McCain • neoliberalism • 'soft' power

Race & Class, Vol. 50, No. 4, 1-19 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0306396809102993


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