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This edited collection delves into the key aspects of the Trump campaign promises around immigration, trade, social and foreign policy, and unpicks how the first year of the presidency has played out in delivering them. It charts his first year from both historical and contemporary political standpoints, and in the context of comparative pieces stacking Trump's performance against Gold-standard presidents such as Reagan, Kennedy and the last 'outsider', Eisenhower. Focusing in on a number of key elements of the presidency in depth, it offers a unique perspective on a presidency like no other, drawing on the overriding themes of populism, nativist nationalism and the battle for disengagement from the neoliberal power generation.
List of contents
1. Introduction.- 2. Outsider Presidents - Comparing Eisenhower and Trump.- 3. Style and Substance: Trump in the Context of Camelot.- 4. Make America Great Again: Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump.- 5. Pushing Back the Obama Legacy: Trump's First Year and the Alt Right - Evangelical - Catholic coalition.- 6. Racial Policy under Trump.- 7. Bad Hombres: The Trump Administration, Mexican Immigration and the Border Wall.- 8. Grab 'em by the Legacy: Rolling Back the Years with President Trump.- 9. Trumpism and Social Policy.- 10. Stability not Chaos: Donald Trump and the World-the first year.- 11. Trump and China: Much Ado about Nothing.- 12. Conclusions.
About the author
Mara Oliva is Lecturer in Modern US History at the University of Reading, UK. She is the author of Eisenhower and American Public Opinion on China (Palgrave, 2018).
Mark Shanahan is Lecturer in the Politics & International Relations at the University of Reading, UK, having moved full-time into academia in 2015 after more than 20 years in journalism and corporate communication. He is the author of Eisenhower at the Dawn of the Space Age – Sputnik, Rockets and Helping Hands (2016).
Summary
This edited collection delves into the key aspects of the Trump campaign promises around immigration, trade, social and foreign policy, and unpicks how the first year of the presidency has played out in delivering them. It charts his first year from both historical and contemporary political standpoints, and in the context of comparative pieces stacking Trump’s performance against Gold-standard presidents such as Reagan, Kennedy and the last ‘outsider’, Eisenhower. Focusing in on a number of key elements of the presidency in depth, it offers a unique perspective on a presidency like no other, drawing on the overriding themes of populism, nativist nationalism and the battle for disengagement from the neoliberal power generation.
