The Enemy He Wants
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4435467 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas L Dumm (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 110 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 252-258 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | South Atlantic Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-2876 • E-ISSN: 1527-8026 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/00382876-2010-034 |
| OpenAlex | W2071097905 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
President Barack Obama seems to have abandoned his left base in order to rule in a bipartisan manner. In this essay, I suggest that his strategy has not been to govern from the center, even if that is the result of his strategy. Instead, by focusing attention on his conflicts with the Right he has managed to make his left base acquiescent, while illuminating the intransigence of his right opposition. In short, he has chosen the enemy he wants
Adversary · Base (topology) · Computer security · Economics · Law and economics · Opposition (politics) · Order (exchange) · Political science · Sociology · Computer Science · Law · Mathematics · Political and Economic history of UK and US
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2012 - 2012 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |