TY - BOOK ID - 136152834 TI - Barack Obama : conservative, pragmatist, progressive PY - 2022 SN - 1501761978 PB - Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, DB - UniCat KW - African American politicians KW - Presidents KW - Obama, Barack. KW - United States KW - Politics and government KW - Obama political positions, Barack Obama economic conservatism, Obama post-presidency, Barack Obama speeches and interviews, Obama foreign policy, Affordable care act, Barack Obama biography. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:136152834 AB - "This biography of President Barack Obama argues that while the forty-fourth president has often been regarded by journalists and other political observers as a progressive and pragmatist, he was also an economic and social conservative. He believed in free enterprise, self-help, and a vibrant middle class. He sought to open up avenues of opportunity to enter the middle class for those who, for various reasons, including the color of their skin or their place of birth, were not part of it"-- ER -