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Title Reaching for a new deal : ambitious governance, economic meltdown, and polarized politics in Obama's first two years / Theda Skocpol and Lawrence R. Jacobs, editors.

Publication Info. New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2011]
©2011

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Description 1 online resource
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Reaching for a new deal: ambitious governance, economic meltdown, and polarized politics / Theda Skocpol, Lawrence R. Jacobs -- Hard-fought legacy: Obama, congressional democrats, and the struggle for comprehensive health care reform / Lawrence R. Jacobs, Theda Skocpol -- Eliminating the market middle-man: redirecting and expanding support for college students / Suzanne Mettler -- The contest of lobbies and disciplines: financial politics and regulatory reform / Daniel Carpenter -- The unsurprising failure of labor law reform and the turn to administrative action / Dorian T. Warren -- Surprising momentum: spurring education reform in states and localities / Lorraine M. McDonnell -- Obama's immigration reform: a tough sell for a grand bargain / John D. Skrentny -- Cold front: how the recession stalled Obama's clean-energy agenda / Judith A. Layzer -- Paying America's way: the fraught politics of taxes, investments, and budgetary responsibility / Andrea Louise Campbell.
Summary Reaching for a New Deal analyzes both the ambitious domestic policy of Obama's first two years and the consequent political backlash--up to and including the 2010 midterm elections. --from publisher description.
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Language English.
Subject Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld.
United States -- Economic policy -- 2009-
United States.
Economic policy.
Chronological Term 2009-
Subject United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2017.
Polarization (Social sciences) -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Polarization (Social sciences)
History.
Chronological Term 21st century
Subject Recessions -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
Recessions.
Chronological Term 2000-2099
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Electronic book.
Added Author Skocpol, Theda, editor.
Jacobs, Lawrence R., editor.
Other Form: Print version: Reaching for a new deal 9780871548559 (pbk. : alk. paper) (DLC) 2011002140
ISBN 9780871548559 paperback ; alkaline paper
0871548550 paperback ; alkaline paper
9781610447119 ebook
1610447115 ebook
Standard No. 40019724134