Dana D. Nelson

Dana D. Nelson argues that the office of the presidency itself endangers the great American experiment. This urgent book, with new analysis of President Barack Obama's first months in office, reveals the futility of placing all of our hopes for the future in the American president and encourages mostra'n més citizens to create a politics of deliberation, action, and agency. Dana D. Nelson is a professor of English and American studies at Vanderbilt University. mostra'n menys