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A comprehensive analysis of the Obama presidency, its actions in office and its policy directions. The changes in orientation and policy directions that took place are both accounted for and explained in a policy and political context as are their consequences for the institution of the presidency itself.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Representation and Counter-Representation in the Obama Presidency by William Crotty
Chapter 2: Obama By The Numbers: A Comparison With Pre-vious Presidencies by Bruce E. Caswell
Chapter 3: Obama's Health Reform: The Managerial President and the Political Storm by James A. Morone
Chapter 4: Environmental Policy: The Success and Failure of the Obama Presidency by John C. Berg
Chapter 5: Shifting Global Paradigms and Obama's Adaptive Foreign Policy by Lawrence C. Reardon
Chapter 6: African-American Perspectives of the Obama Presidency by Shayla C. Nunnally
Chapter 7: Minority Party Strategies and Political Successes in Opposition to the Obama Policy Agenda by R. Lawrence Butler
Chapter 8: Coalitional Divisions and Realignment Dynamics in the Obama Era by Arthur C. Paulson
Chapter 9: Recalibrating the Obama Presidency: The Off-Year Elections and Their Consequence by Maureen F. Moakley
Chapter 10: Principles and Pragmatism in the Obama Presidency by William Crotty

About the author

Edited by William Crotty - Contributions by John C. Berg; R. Lawrence Butler; Bruce E. Caswell; William Crotty; Maureen F. Moakley; James A. Morone; Shayla C. Nunnally; Arthur C. Paulson and Lawrence C. Reardon

Summary

A comprehensive analysis of the Obama presidency, its actions in office and its policy directions. The changes in orientation and policy directions that took place are both accounted for and explained in a policy and political context as are their consequences for the institution of the presidency itself.

Product details

• Assisted by: William Crotty (Editor), William J. Crotty (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2014
• EAN: 9780739190692
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-9069-2
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch, Political leaders & leadership, United States of America, USA, c 2010 to c 2020, c 2010 to c 2019, Political leaders and leadership, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state