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1 online resource. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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New perspectives on the American presidency
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New perspectives on the American presidency.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
Featuring a range of experts on the American presidency, this book offers both European and American perspectives on both the successes and failures of President Obama's tenure in the White House. Focusing primarily on domestic policy, these essays explain why Obama's widely anticipated moment of change did not fully materialise. |
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Intro -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Obama and the exhaustion of progressive presidentialism -- Part 1: INSTITUTIONS -- 1. Barack Obama and the promise of transformative leadership -- 2. Obama and the administrative presidency: Finding new meanings in old laws -- 3. Congressional gridlock reconsidered: The emergence of a "conducive coalition"? -- 4. Federalism: Barack Obama's accidental devolution revolution -- Part 2: POLICIES -- 5. "Our immigration system is broken": Barack Obama and the challenge of comprehensive immigration reform |
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6. War and peace in cyberspace: Obama's multifaceted legacy -- 7. A decent-sized foundation: Obama's urban policy -- 8. From Clinton to Obama to Trump: The politics and political economy of health insurance reform -- Part 3: MOVEMENT POLITICS -- 9. Criticize and thrive: The American left in the Obama years -- 10. "Stop killing us": Mobilizing against structural racism in the United States from Black Lives Matter to the Movement for Black Lives -- 11. The Obama administration's labor and employment legacy |
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12. Why wasn't there a twenty-first-century "new" New Deal? Historical perspectives for the hope for and reality of Obama's presidency -- 13. Coda -- Obama's fractured legacy -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Obama, Barack.
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Obama, Barack. |
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United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2017.
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Politics and government. |
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United States. |
| Chronological Term |
2009-2017 |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Vergniolle de Chantal, François, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Obama's fractured legacy. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2020 9781474454933 (OCoLC)1173625161 |
| ISBN |
9781474454957 (electronic book) |
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147445495X (electronic book) |
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9781474454933 |
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1474454933 |
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9781474454940 |
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1474454941 |
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