The performance of politics [electronic resource] : Obama's victory and the democratic struggle for power / Jeffrey C. Alexander. Alexander, Jeffrey C., 1947- Obama, Barack. Presidents United States Election 2008. E906 .A44 2010 324.9730931 23 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. This text develops a new way of looking at democratic struggles for big time power by explaining and analysing the 2008 presidential campaign in the United States. New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010. 2010. 2010 Text 1 online resource (xiv, 364 p.) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199744466.001.0001 eng United States Politics and government 2001-2009. United States