Wyzwania w cieniu kampanii prezydenckiej w Stanach Zjednoczonych

• Autorzy: Tomasz Paszewski

Warianty tytułu

Challenges in the Background of the Presidential Campaign in the U.S.

• Języki publikacji: PL

Abstrakty

Dzieląca programy obu kandydatów skala różnic w poglądach na kluczowe wartości, na jakich mają się opierać amerykańskie społeczeństwo, państwo i gospodarka, jest w tych wyborach prezydenckich największa od czasu rywalizacji Barry'ego Goldwatera z Lyndonem B. Johnsonem w 1964 r. Czy zatem tegoroczne wybory będą miały przełomowe, może nawet historyczne znaczenie i Amerykanie w końcu rozstrzygną, w którą stronę ma podążać ich kraj? Można mieć wątpliwości, czy tak się stanie. Niezależnie od tego, kto wygra, Amerykanie pozostaną bowiem bardzo podzielonym społeczeństwem i żadna z prezentowanych przez obie partie wizji nie zyska poparcia trwałej większości. Wiele będzie zależeć od składu Kongresu po listopadowych wyborach. Jeśli większość uzyska partia, do której nie należy prezydent, to w najlepszym przypadku przyjęte rozwiązania będą oparte na kompromisie zawartym między obu partiami, w najgorszym - władza wykonawcza i legislacyjna będą się wzajemnie blokować. (fragment tekstu)

EN

Although in the 2012 U.S. elections, two fundamentally different visions of America are clashing, and the ideological differences between the two platforms are probably the widest since the Goldwater campaign in 1964, its true significant is still hard to predict. The presidential campaign is being conducted under a cloud of serious challenges that the U.S. faces today: a political crises, rising mountain of federal debt, expanding healthcare costs, underinvestment in transport infrastructure, mediocre primary education, growing economic inequalities, concerns about U.S. international competitiveness, a rising and increasingly assertive China, and the looming risk of falling off a "fiscal cliff' into another recession. This election will help to address them only if they enable Americans to overcome the current political deadlock in Washington. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

PL

Wybory prezydenckie; Kampania wyborcza; Kryzys gospodarczy; Stosunki międzynarodowe

EN

Presidential election; Election campaign; Economic crisis; International relations

• Czasopismo: Sprawy Międzynarodowe
• Rocznik: 2012
• Numer: nr 3
• Strony: 39--61

Twórcy

autor

Tomasz Paszewski

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